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- provisoes
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noun,
a clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced.
- overspins
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noun,
topspin.
- slipnoose
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noun,
a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- overslips
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verb (used with object),
to leave out; miss.
- slop-over
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noun,
an act or instance of spilling or slopping over.
- slipovers
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noun, adjective,
pullover.
- spoilers
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- nol-pros
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verb (used with object),
to end by a nolle prosequi.
- pilsners
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- violones
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noun,
a double bass.
- versions
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- overspin
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noun,
topspin.
- Vorspiel
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noun,
an introductory movement to a musical work, especially a prelude or overture.
- plosions
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- slipover
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noun, adjective,
pullover.
- overslip
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verb (used with object),
to leave out; miss.
- prolines
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- provisos
-
noun,
a clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- pensils
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noun,
pencel.
- version
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- sponsor
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noun,
a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- slopers
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- lioness
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noun,
a female lion.
- Livorno
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noun,
a seaport in W Italy on the Ligurian Sea.
- snivels
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noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- loopers
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- loosens
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- slovens
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noun,
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- lesions
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- slivers
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noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- Silvers
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noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- silvern
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adjective,
made of or like silver.
- spinels
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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.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- splores
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- spleno-
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- solions
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- proviso
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noun,
a clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- plosive
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noun,
Also called explosive. a plosive speech sound.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- poisons
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- prisons
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- plessor
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noun,
plexor.
- plovers
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noun,
any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae.
Compare dotterel (def 1), killdeer, lapwing.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- violone
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noun,
a double bass.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- poison
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- lovers
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noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- sloops
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noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- polies
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noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- sliver
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noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- porion
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- slipes
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noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- livres
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noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- livers
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noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- livens
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verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- Silver
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noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- polios
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noun,
poliomyelitis.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- looies
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- snoops
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noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snivel
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noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- looper
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- pooves
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noun,
poof2 .
- snipes
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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.
- loosen
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- pooris
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- looses
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Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- slopes
-
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- sloven
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noun,
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- snoose
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noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- posole
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noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- losers
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- nooses
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- ovines
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- orlops
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noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Pinole
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- renvoi
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noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- solion
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- Pelion
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noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- pelvis
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noun,
the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
- pensil
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noun,
pencel.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- Perovo
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noun,
a former city in the W Russian Federation, incorporated into Moscow.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Pilsen
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noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pilose
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adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- servos
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noun,
Informal. servomechanism.
- Oliver
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noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- plover
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noun,
any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae.
Compare dotterel (def 1), killdeer, lapwing.
- servo-
-
- proves
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verb (used with object),
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument:
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oleins
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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.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- pleio-
-
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spiles
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noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Levins
-
noun,
lightning.
- spiro-
-
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- spoors
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- 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.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- eosins
-
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.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- sopors
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- sporo-
-
- Leonov
-
noun,
Aleksey Arkhipovich [uh-lyi-ksyey uhr-khyee-puh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ ʌrˈkhyi pə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Soviet cosmonaut: first man to walk in space 1965.
- spoons
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spools
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- voiles
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- spoils
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- versos
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- solons
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- splen-
-
- ervils
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- ileo-
-
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Venlo
-
noun,
a city in SE Netherlands.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- peri-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reni-
-
- veni-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- over-
-
- lipo-
-
- resp.
-
- Orlon
-
- OPers
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- opsis
-
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- insp.
-
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- insol
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- insep
-
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- spor-
-
- Provo
-
noun,
a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- Pres.
-
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- vises
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- poove
-
noun,
poof2 .
- vols.
-
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Volos
-
noun,
a seaport in E Thessaly, in E Greece: ancient ruins.
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- poss.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- 30-30
-
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- vino-
-
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- pros.
-
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Prov.
-
- prove
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument:
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- 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.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- pleo-
-
- plio-
-
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- Viper
-
noun,
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- viols
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- 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.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- priv.
-
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Epis.
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pron.
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- 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.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- spies
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sino-
-
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spivs
-
noun,
a petty criminal, especially a black marketeer, racetrack tout, or petty thief.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- 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.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Levin
-
noun,
lightning.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- levo-
-
- sones
-
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.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- oleo-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- noses
-
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.
- noso-
-
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- sero-
-
- novel
-
noun,
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- prev
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Sol.
-
- soln
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- VSOP
-
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- pre-
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- VLSI
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- 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.
- spiv
-
noun,
a petty criminal, especially a black marketeer, racetrack tout, or petty thief.
- Soni
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- riv.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- prs.
-
- vers
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- repl
-
- Veno
-
- Rep.
-
- RSVP
-
noun,
a reply to an invitation:
- vel.
-
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Ven.
-
- rel.
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- serv
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sepn
-
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- pro-
-
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Rev.
-
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- vin-
-
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- vil.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- 1080
-
- pos.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nov.
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- ISSN
-
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- ile-
-
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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 = .
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- inv.
-
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- 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.
- 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.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- 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.
- 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.
- lip-
-
- Lev.
-
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nev.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- 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.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ole-
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Ens.
-
- pil-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- enl.
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- perv
-
noun,
a sexual pervert.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Pers
-
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- PERL
-
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- epi-
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Pol.
-
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- PLSS
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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.
- ESIS
-
- esp.
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- osis
-
- ovo-
-
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- ovi-
-
- eso-
-
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- ESL
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- vs.
-
- Les
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SSR
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- lep
-
- SVS
-
- SVR
-
- vo.
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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 = .
- EIS
-
- ier
-
- Ver
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- VPN
-
- ESR
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- io-
-
- VOR
-
- il-
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- eo-
-
- ILO
-
- en-
-
- eir
-
- vol
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ERP
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- ERV
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- IRS
-
- Ep.
-
- EPS
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- 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.
- SPR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ior
-
- SRS
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- ss.
-
- ISV
-
- VIP
-
- ILP
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ISR
-
- Sr.
-
- env
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- SPS
-
- Isl
-
- VSS
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- oo-
-
- OSO
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ose
-
- Orv
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ons
-
- OSS
-
- ONR
-
- ROP
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RPO
-
- RPV
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- RSV
-
- OSP
-
- ov-
-
- Sp.
-
- PIO
-
- POR
-
- POV
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- pli
-
- 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.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSS
-
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- So.
-
- OIr
-
- SRO
-
- LSI
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SLP
-
- NOP
-
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LSS
-
- se-
-
- lv.
-
- ne-
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SLE
-
- nr.
-
- NPR
-
- NES
-
- op.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SLR
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- OEO
-
- 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.
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- NI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- R.
-
- ln
-
- SN
-
- N.
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- VL
-
- EV
-
- LR
-
- VN
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RN
-
- NV
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- RV
-
- IP
-
- RP
-
- ol
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SV
-
- O.
-
- V.
-
- VI
-
- VP
-
- VR
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
-
- RO
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- i.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- L.
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- L1
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- L2
-
- NP
-