Anagrams of spermaceti
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- imprecates
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verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- space-time
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noun,
Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.
- imprecate
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verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- spermatic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- miscreate
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adjective,
miscreated.
- impacters
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- premiate
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verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- temperas
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- estampie
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noun,
a medieval dance and instrumental form, in several repeated sections, associated chiefly with the trouvères.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- cremates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- campsite
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noun,
a place used or suitable for camping.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- impacter
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- casimere
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noun,
cassimere.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- impacts
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noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- pastime
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noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- impers.
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- campers
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noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- epimers
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- imparts
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- amperes
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noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- cermets
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- pectase
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noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Tampere
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noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- impaste
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- cremate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- stamper
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- emprise
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noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- premise
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noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- spireme
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noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Script.
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- emetics
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- empties
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noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- amerces
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verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- tempers
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- scamper
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noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- spermic
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adjective,
spermatic.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- racemes
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noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- mercies
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noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- septime
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noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- tempera
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- aseptic
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noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- scepter
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Peirce
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noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- peaces
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noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- scream
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- scrape
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- Casper
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noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- etapes
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noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- patri-
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- scampi
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noun,
a large shrimp or prawn.
- escape
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- cerat-
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- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- CERMET
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- permit
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noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- epimer
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- racist
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noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- racism
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noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- raceme
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noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- epacts
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noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- primes
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- piecer
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- pieces
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noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- crimps
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noun,
the act of crimping.
- Pierce
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Empire
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noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- Pietas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- pirate
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noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- emetic
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- repeat
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- remise
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- recti-
-
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recipe
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noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- creams
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noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- creeps
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noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- scrimp
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verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- AmerSp
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- teamer
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noun,
a teamster.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- apiece
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adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- matri-
-
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- IMPACT
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- septi-
-
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- sperm-
-
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- imper.
-
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- 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.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- masc.
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- mast-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- 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.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- part.
-
- patr-
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- matr-
-
- meta-
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- peta-
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- peri-
-
- pert.
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- MPers
-
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- 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.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- petri
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- pari-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- prae-
-
- step-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- ster.
-
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Srta.
-
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- spec.
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- treas
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- term.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tears
-
- tera-
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- temp.
-
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rcpt.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recip
-
- Recit
-
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prem.
-
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- pret.
-
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- prim.
-
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- semi-
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- sect.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- scat-
-
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seric
-
- seti-
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- rept.
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- sarc-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- crit.
-
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- IATSE
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Amer.
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- ESPEC
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- aeri-
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carp-
-
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- camps
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- cert.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- 30-30
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- acet-
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acpt.
-
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- crat
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- tri-
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- atm.
-
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- cis-
-
- cit.
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Rep.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MEPA
-
- ASTM
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Cres
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- SRAM
-
- art.
-
- RCMP
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- psia
-
- psec
-
- asc-
-
- Ste.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- PSAT
-
- Arm.
-
- prs.
-
- acr-
-
- ARIS
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Sra.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- met.
-
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- SPCA
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- ASME
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- 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.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- sec.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- scr.
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- sci.
-
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- 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.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- cap.
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Mar.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- 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.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- rpt.
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Mac-
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- cet-
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- meas
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- SMTP
-
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- 1080
-
- 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:
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Ice.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Pet.
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pers
-
- amp.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- amt.
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- 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.
- Aire
-
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- MIPS
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- epit
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- pat.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Tasm
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pct.
-
- pam.
-
- par.
-
- Imp.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- 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.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- esp.
-
- 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.
- mis-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- est.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- ect-
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- MSAE
-
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- MSCE
-
- str.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- MSCP
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- msec
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- aer-
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mic.
-
- MSEE
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- AIME
-
- Emp.
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Ire.
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- 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.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- 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.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- epi-
-
- ter.
-
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- aet.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- MSPE
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- MSIE
-
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Apr.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Am.
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- ACS
-
- ae.
-
- TSI
-
- AEC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSP
-
- AIC
-
- AMC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TSE
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- trp
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- APS
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ASR
-
- tr.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ACP
-
- ASM
-
- ASI
-
- SPR
-
- ase
-
- spt
-
- APC
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- STP
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- STM
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tra
-
- STI
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- CAI
-
- 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.
- TCS
-
- ct.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TCA
-
- cs.
-
- SMA
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- Ar.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ATP
-
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- TPI
-
- ap-
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- AMS
-
- TPM
-
- ast
-
- ac-
-
- Tpr
-
- ARS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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).
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- PCM
-
- PCI
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- IPA
-
- IPM
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- PCS
-
- ESR
-
- MTP
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- EMR
-
- 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.
- EMT
-
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- 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:
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- EPS
-
- ese
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- MTS
-
- MTI
-
- PMT
-
- MSC
-
- mi.
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MEP
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCR
-
- MCP
-
- MCI
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Mt.
-
- MPE
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- ipr
-
- MPA
-
- MIE
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- MIT
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIP
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- PRA
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- CIP
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CMA
-
- CPA
-
- CPI
-
- RMC
-
- CPM
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RPM
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SCP
-
- SCM
-
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- sc.
-
- Rs.
-
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- CRP
-
- RCA
-
- CRS
-
- EAM
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- PSA
-
- CRT
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- EEC
-
- PRC
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMA
-
- CSA
-
- RCP
-
- CSR
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RCS
-
- CST
-
- Re.
-
- MP
-
- t.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 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.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- IP
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- RI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- M.
-
- i.
-
- R.
-
- RC
-
- TC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TM
-
- CE
-
- ic
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CM
-
- ee
-
- EI
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TP
-