Anagrams of spondylolisthesis
Word spondylolisthesis has
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- septillions
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noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
- synosteosis
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noun,
synostosis.
- spondylosis
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noun,
immobility and fusion of vertebral joints.
- spondylitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the vertebrae.
- dishonesty
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noun,
lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
- stone-lily
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- typhlosole
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noun,
(in annelids and many bivalve mollusks) an infolding along the inner wall of the intestine.
- histolysis
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noun,
disintegration or dissolution of organic tissues.
- possession
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noun,
the act or fact of possessing.
- Deposition
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noun,
removal from an office or position.
- photolysis
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noun,
the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- synostosis
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noun,
union of separate bones into a single bone.
- endostosis
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noun,
bone formation beginning in the substance of cartilage.
- pollenosis
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noun,
hay fever.
- postilions
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noun,
a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- Heliopolis
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noun,
Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- holystones
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noun,
a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- septillion
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noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
- eosinophil
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noun,
Histology. any cell, tissue, organism, or substance that has an affinity for eosin and other acid stains.
- lipolysis
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noun,
the hydrolysis of fats into fatty acids and glycerol, as by lipase.
- sidehills
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noun,
a hillside.
- holystone
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noun,
a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- phyllites
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noun,
a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- phonolite
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noun,
a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
- indispose
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verb (used with object),
to make ill, especially slightly.
- isotopies
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noun,
the quality or condition of being isotopic; isotopic character.
- stop-loss
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adjective,
designed or planned to prevent continued loss, as a customer's order to a broker to sell a stock if its price declines to a specific amount.
- syllepsis
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noun,
the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
- oilstones
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noun,
a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- tolidines
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- slipnoose
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noun,
a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- lithosols
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noun,
a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- positions
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noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- isopleths
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noun,
a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- pisolites
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- seditions
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- hillsides
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noun,
the side or slope of a hill.
- pythoness
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noun,
a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- pointless
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adjective,
without a point:
- pointille
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adjective,
(of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.
- ophiolite
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noun,
an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
- Tisiphone
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noun,
one of the Furies.
- dishonest
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adjective,
not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief:
- pilotless
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adjective,
lacking a pilot or needing no pilot:
- lithopone
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noun,
a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
- helistops
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noun,
a heliport.
- ellipsoid
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noun,
Geometry. a solid figure all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. Typical equation: (x 2 / a 2) + (y 2 / b 2) + (z 2 / c 2) = 1.
- iodopsins
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noun,
a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- Sinophile
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noun,
a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.
- Holliston
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noun,
a city in NE Massachusetts.
- old-style
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noun,
Also, oldstyle. Printing. a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.
- postilion
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noun,
a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- holotypes
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- hedonists
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noun,
a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- ill-spent
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adjective,
misspent; wasted.
- stillness
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noun,
silence; quiet; hush.
- postholes
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noun,
a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- tephillin
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plural noun,
tefillin.
- inositols
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noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- sphenoids
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noun,
Anatomy. the sphenoid bone.
- sidespins
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noun,
a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
- synthesis
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noun,
the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- holsteins
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noun,
Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- phylloid
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adjective,
leaflike.
- opistho-
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- pistoles
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- sidespin
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noun,
a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
- distills
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verb (used with object),
to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
- Poseidon
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- stollens
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noun,
a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- disposes
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noun,
Archaic. disposition; habit.
- slipshod
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adjective,
careless, untidy, or slovenly:
- sideslip
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noun,
an act or instance of sideslipping.
- listless
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adjective,
having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent:
- toeholds
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noun,
a small ledge or niche just large enough to support the toes, as in climbing.
- phyllite
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noun,
a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- pitiless
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adjective,
feeling or showing no pity; merciless:
- sidehill
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noun,
a hillside.
- lithosol
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noun,
a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- slipsole
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noun,
an insole placed in a shoe for warmth or to adjust the size.
- dissents
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noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- sophists
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) Greek History.
any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation.
a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
- histones
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noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- iodopsin
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noun,
a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- shindies
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noun,
a row; rumpus.
- isohyets
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- pyelitis
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noun,
inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- old-line
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adjective,
following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.
- ellipsis
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noun,
Grammar.
the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
the omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.
- pinitols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- soloists
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noun,
a person who performs a solo.
- hedonist
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noun,
a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- pinholes
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noun,
a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- potholes
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noun,
a deep hole; pit.
- solidity
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noun,
the state, property, or quality of being solid.
- helistop
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noun,
a heliport.
- solenoid
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noun,
Electricity. an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.
- 11-point
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- posthole
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noun,
a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- Esposito
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noun,
Phil(ip Anthony) born 1942, Canadian ice-hockey player, in the U.S. since 1962.
- Soissons
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noun,
a city in N France, on the Aisne River: battles a.d. 486, 1918, 1944.
- pillions
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noun,
a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- one-shot
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noun,
a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
- elisions
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- hellions
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noun,
a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
- isolines
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noun,
isogram.
- pisolite
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- isopedin
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noun,
the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- typhoons
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noun,
a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
- isopleth
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noun,
a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- hillsite
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noun,
a location or site on the side or top of a hill.
- typhoids
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noun,
Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- Hillside
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noun,
the side or slope of a hill.
- position
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noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- tinselly
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adjective,
decorated with or abounding in tinsel.
- potlines
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- shipside
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noun,
the area alongside a ship, as on a pier.
- stoolies
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- isotypes
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noun,
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted:
- oilstone
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noun,
a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- isotones
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- Linotype
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verb,
to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- eidolons
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noun,
a phantom; apparition.
- sonships
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noun,
the state, fact, or relation of being a son.
- oophytes
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noun,
the gametophyte of a moss, fern, or liverwort, resulting from the development of a fertilized egg.
- isospins
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noun,
isotopic spin.
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- dhoolies
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noun,
dooly.
- poyntell
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noun,
pointel.
- sploshes
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
splash.
- neoliths
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noun,
a Neolithic stone implement.
- psilosis
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noun,
a falling out of the hair.
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- synopses
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noun,
a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- synopsis
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noun,
a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- top-hole
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adjective,
first-rate.
- lopolith
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noun,
a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
- inositol
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noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- polishes
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noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- polished
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noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- Othoniel
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noun,
Othniel.
- hoplites
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noun,
a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
- sphenoid
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noun,
Anatomy. the sphenoid bone.
- tolidine
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- systoles
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward.
Compare diastole.
- osteosis
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noun,
the formation of bony tissue, usually infiltrating connective tissue.
- deposits
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- spotless
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adjective,
free from any spot, stain, etc.; immaculately clean:
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- hostiles
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noun,
a person or thing that is antagonistic or unfriendly.
- ostioles
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- siphono-
-
- Sisseton
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- toolshed
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noun,
a small building where tools are stored, often in the backyard of a house.
- stenosis
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noun,
a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- hotlines
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noun,
hot line.
- honestly
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adverb,
in an honest manner.
- polities
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noun,
a particular form or system of government:
- despoils
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verb (used with object),
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- syndesis
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noun,
synapsis (def 1).
- poolside
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noun,
the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- sylphids
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noun,
a little or young sylph.
- diphenyl
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noun,
biphenyl.
- spindles
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noun,
a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- instills
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verb (used with object),
to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject:
- diplosis
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noun,
the doubling of the chromosome number by the union of the haploid sets in the union of gametes.
- plosions
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- topsoils
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noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- diplonts
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noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- topsides
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noun,
the upper side.
- senility
-
noun,
the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
- holytide
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noun,
a time of religious observances.
- toyshops
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noun,
an establishment where toys are sold and sometimes also manufactured.
- Holiness
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noun,
the quality or state of being holy; sanctity.
- honeypot
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noun,
a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- Holstein
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noun,
Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- ploidies
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noun,
the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- indites
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verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- spooney
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adjective,
spoony.
- hotline
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noun,
hot line.
- spinels
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- hellion
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noun,
a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
- spinets
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- phonies
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noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- pillion
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noun,
a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.
- spheno-
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- ooliths
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noun,
any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite.
- sonship
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noun,
the state, fact, or relation of being a son.
- Othello
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noun,
a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.
- Shields
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noun,
a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- phonol.
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- oophyte
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noun,
the gametophyte of a moss, fern, or liverwort, resulting from the development of a fertilized egg.
- shilpit
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adjective,
(of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- ethiops
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adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- seisins
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noun,
seizin.
- illites
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noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- spleno-
-
- ethnol.
-
- Sesotho
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noun,
the Bantu language of Lesotho; Sotho.
- ethions
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noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- session
-
noun,
the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business:
- pothole
-
noun,
a deep hole; pit.
- telsons
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- solions
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- splints
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- soliped
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noun,
solidungulate.
- soliton
-
- indoles
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noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- spinode
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noun,
cusp (def 3).
- illness
-
noun,
unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
- spilths
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noun,
spillage (def 1).
- potions
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- essoins
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- spindle
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noun,
a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- photons
-
noun,
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- oolites
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- Othniel
-
noun,
a judge of Israel. Judges 3:9.
- peloton
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noun,
an ornamental glass made in Bohemia in the late 19th century, usually having a striated overlay of glass filaments in a different color.
- Sheldon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- isotopy
-
noun,
the quality or condition of being isotopic; isotopic character.
- Sophist
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Greek History.
any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation.
a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
- philos.
-
- phenyls
-
adjective,
containing the phenyl group.
- opioids
-
noun,
any opiumlike substance.
- insists
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- Iphinoe
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noun,
a daughter of Antia and Proetus who was inflicted with madness for her irreverence toward the gods.
Compare Iphianassa (def 2).
- philol.
-
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- histoid
-
adjective,
Pathology. resembling normal tissue in structure.
- osseins
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- histone
-
noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- honesty
-
noun,
the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- insteps
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- phenols
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noun,
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- stollen
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noun,
a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- Shelton
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- soothes
-
verb (used with object),
to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh:
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- Phyllis
-
noun,
a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.
- iodines
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- stipels
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- stipend
-
noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- hollies
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex, as I. opaca (American holly) the state tree of Delaware, or I. aquifolium (English holly) having glossy, spiny-toothed leaves, small, whitish flowers, and red berries.
- phyllo-
-
- Epsilon
-
noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- stypsis
-
noun,
the employment or application of styptics.
- instils
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- potsies
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- hoidens
-
noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- stylish
-
adjective,
characterized by or conforming to style or the fashionable standard; fashionably elegant; smart or chic:
- instill
-
verb (used with object),
to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject:
- phyllos
-
noun,
flaky, tissue-thin layers of pastry used in baked desserts and appetizers.
- insides
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- ophites
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- isotope
-
noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- osteoid
-
adjective,
resembling bone; bonelike.
- phoneys
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- pensils
-
noun,
pencel.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isotype
-
noun,
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted:
- ostosis
-
noun,
the formation of bone; ossification.
- hyenoid
-
adjective,
resembling a hyena.
- isospin
-
noun,
isotopic spin.
- styloid
-
adjective,
Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.
- isopods
-
noun,
any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
- hostile
-
noun,
a person or thing that is antagonistic or unfriendly.
- hostess
-
noun,
a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- hostels
-
noun,
Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- pentyls
-
adjective,
containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- ostiole
-
noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- physio-
-
- phytins
-
- stolons
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- physiol
-
- isodose
-
adjective,
of or relating to points of equal intensity of radiation in a contaminated region:
- isohels
-
noun,
a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- isohyet
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- stepson
-
noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- Hindoos
-
noun,
Hindu.
- hilltop
-
noun,
the top or summit of a hill.
- hoplite
-
noun,
a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- isoneph
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same amount of cloudiness.
- phytols
-
noun,
a hydrophobic alcohol, C 20 H 40 O, that occurs esterified as a side chain in the chlorophyll molecule.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- phytons
-
noun,
the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- hoydens
-
noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- soloist
-
noun,
a person who performs a solo.
- Thespis
-
noun,
flourished 6th century b.c, Greek poet.
- dissent
-
noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- N-shell
-
noun,
the fourth shell of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom and containing, when filled, 32 electrons having principal quantum number 4.
- plinths
-
noun,
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- distils
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- distill
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
- distyle
-
adjective,
having two columns.
- slip-on
-
noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- dispose
-
noun,
Archaic. disposition; habit.
- Leonids
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- dispels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
- toyshop
-
noun,
an establishment where toys are sold and sometimes also manufactured.
- plosion
-
noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- dipoles
-
noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- diplont
-
noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- looneys
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- podites
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- toledos
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
- toehold
-
noun,
a small ledge or niche just large enough to support the toes, as in climbing.
- lithoid
-
adjective,
resembling stone; stonelike.
- noodles
-
noun,
a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta.
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- lioness
-
noun,
a female lion.
- typhoid
-
noun,
Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- typhons
-
noun,
a signal horn operated by compressed air or steam.
- sloshed
-
noun,
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
- typhoon
-
noun,
a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
- dossils
-
noun,
a cloth roll for removing excess ink from a plate before printing.
- lipoids
-
noun,
a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
- shoo-in
-
noun,
a candidate, competitor, etc., regarded as certain to win.
- lysines
-
noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- plenish
-
verb (used with object),
to fill up; stock; furnish.
- listels
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- Dolphin
-
noun,
any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
- pythons
-
noun,
any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.
- dollops
-
noun,
a lump or blob of some substance:
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- dollies
-
noun,
Informal. a doll.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- doilies
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- podsols
-
noun,
spodosol.
- loosens
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- sloshes
-
noun,
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
- sinopis
-
noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- synthol
-
noun,
a synthetic motor fuel produced by heating, under pressure, hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst.
- density
-
noun,
the state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition.
- sylphid
-
noun,
a little or young sylph.
- delists
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- neolith
-
noun,
a Neolithic stone implement.
- poodles
-
noun,
one of a breed of very active dogs, probably originating in Germany but regarded as the national dog of France, having long, thick, frizzy or curly hair usually trimmed in standard patterns, occurring in three varieties (standard, miniature, and toy) differing only in size, and originally used as a water retriever.
- topless
-
adjective,
lacking a top:
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- Siphnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades group: gold and silver mines. 28 sq. mi. (75 sq. km).
- pollens
-
noun,
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
- topside
-
noun,
the upper side.
- topsoil
-
noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- pontils
-
noun,
punty.
- sinless
-
adjective,
free from or without sin.
- synesis
-
noun,
a construction in which an expected grammatical agreement in form is replaced by an agreement in meaning, as in The crowd rose to their feet, where a plural pronoun is used to refer to a singular noun.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- sillies
-
noun,
Informal. a silly or foolish person:
- deploys
-
verb (used with object),
Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- poiesis
-
- sissies
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. an effeminate boy or man.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- dillies
-
noun,
something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.:
- pointed
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- tollies
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- systole
-
noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward.
Compare diastole.
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- tonsils
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- deposit
-
noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- poisons
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- lotions
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- poleyns
-
noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- destool
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (a West African ruler) from office.
- Destiny
-
noun,
something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
- despoil
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- desists
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- siphons
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- lithol.
-
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tylosis
-
noun,
a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Lesotho
-
noun,
a monarchy in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 11,716 sq. mi. (30,344 sq. km). Capital: Maseru.
- possets
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- lesions
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Thyssen
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, German industrialist.
- Elohist
-
noun,
a writer of one of the major sources of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Elohim rather than Yahweh.
- thionyl
-
adjective,
sulfinyl.
- leptons
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- pinhole
-
noun,
a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- Lindsey
-
noun,
Ben(jamin Barr) [bahr] /bɑr/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. jurist and authority on juvenile delinquency.
- eidolon
-
noun,
a phantom; apparition.
- eoliths
-
noun,
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
- Lindley
-
noun,
John, 1799–1865, English botanist.
- lidless
-
adjective,
(of objects) without a lid.
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- piosity
-
noun,
an excessive or obvious show of piety; sanctimoniousness.
- Tiepolo
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
- Leopold
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “people” and “bold.”.
- possess
-
verb (used with object),
to have as belonging to one; have as property; own:
- lintels
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- pinoles
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- lindies
-
noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- linseys
-
noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- lepido-
-
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pinitol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- Ellison
-
noun,
Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- oodles
-
noun,
a large quantity:
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- spends
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- Sisley
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1839–99, French painter.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- snoops
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- lothly
-
adverb,
loathly1 .
- shines
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- snoopy
-
adjective,
characterized by meddlesome curiosity; prying.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- shiels
-
noun,
shieling.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- looses
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- osteo-
-
- solids
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- spelts
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- snoods
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- losels
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- losses
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- snoose
-
noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- syphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- solely
-
adverb,
as the only one or ones:
- lepto-
-
- illite
-
noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- spills
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- synop.
-
- Iletin
-
- synods
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- spilth
-
noun,
spillage (def 1).
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- sylphs
-
noun,
a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- septi-
-
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- sodio-
-
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- shills
-
noun,
a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- lenity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Leyton
-
noun,
a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- Sestos
-
noun,
an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- nodose
-
adjective,
having nodes.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Otello
-
noun,
an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- siphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- shiest
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- snooty
-
adjective,
snobbish.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- snoots
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- synths
-
noun,
Informal. synthesizer (def 2).
- Shiite
-
noun,
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Iloilo
-
noun,
a seaport on S Panay, in the central Philippines.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- noodle
-
noun,
a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta.
- ootids
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- soothe
-
verb (used with object),
to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh:
- isseis
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- sooths
-
noun,
truth, reality, or fact.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opioid
-
noun,
any opiumlike substance.
- sheols
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- sloops
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- sloths
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- shotes
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- sloyds
-
noun,
a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- sloids
-
noun,
sloyd.
- snells
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- litho.
-
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lisles
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- lipoid
-
noun,
a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- isopod
-
noun,
any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Sholes
-
noun,
Christopher Latham [ley-thuh m,, -th uh m] /ˈleɪ θəm,, -ðəm/ (Show IPA), 1819–90, U.S. inventor of the typewriter.
- linsey
-
noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- lipids
-
noun,
any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with proteins and carbohydrates, the chief structural components of living cells.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- shoots
-
noun,
the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- shleps
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- slopes
-
- lysine
-
noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- isohel
-
noun,
a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- lysins
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- Shensi
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Shaanxi.
- shends
-
verb (used with object),
to put to shame.
- shield
-
noun,
a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- Sothis
-
noun,
the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Sidney
-
noun,
Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
- speiss
-
noun,
a product obtained in smelting certain ores, consisting of one or more metallic arsenides, as of iron or nickel.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- noshes
-
noun,
a snack.
- lonely
-
adjective,
affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- spells
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- yodels
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- looney
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- sloshy
-
adjective,
of or relating to slosh; slushy.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- looped
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- lilied
-
adjective,
abounding in lilies.
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- lilies
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- shelty
-
noun,
Shetland pony.
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- lithos
-
noun,
lithography.
- sondes
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- sotols
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- Shinto
-
noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- Shelly
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- slides
-
- oldish
-
adjective,
somewhat old:
- oolith
-
noun,
any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite.
- solons
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- yodles
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- slypes
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- sidles
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Lilith
-
noun,
Semitic Mythology. a female demon dwelling in deserted places and attacking children.
- sepsis
-
noun,
local or generalized invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins:
- hoodie
-
noun,
Also, hoody. Informal. a hooded sweatshirt, sweater, or jacket.
- yields
-
noun,
something yielded.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- tholos
-
noun,
a circular building.
a small, round structure, as a lantern.
a circular subterranean tomb, lined with masonry.
- tholes
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Thyone
-
noun,
Semele, as named by her son Dionysus when he took her from the underworld to Olympus.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- eolith
-
noun,
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
- pissed
-
noun,
urine.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- dosses
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- dossil
-
noun,
a cloth roll for removing excess ink from a plate before printing.
- pisses
-
noun,
urine.
- Typhon
-
noun,
a signal horn operated by compressed air or steam.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pishes
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- posole
-
noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- pyosis
-
noun,
the formation of pus; suppuration.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- thiols
-
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- ethno-
-
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- Pothos
-
noun,
any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.
- Telloh
-
noun,
a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- heists
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- Photon
-
noun,
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- helio-
-
- Helios
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of the sun, represented as driving a chariot across the heavens; identified by the Romans with Sol.
- photo-
-
- hellos
-
noun,
the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting):
- helots
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- ethyls
-
noun,
a type of antiknock fluid, containing tetraethyl lead and other ingredients for a more even combustion.
- sepoys
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- piloti
-
noun,
a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- ephods
-
noun,
a richly embroidered, apronlike vestment having two shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate, worn with a waistband by the high priest. Ex. 28:6, 7, 25–28.
- thills
-
noun,
either of the pair of shafts of a vehicle between which a draft animal is harnessed.
- Thess.
-
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- thesis
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- pylons
-
noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- theol.
-
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- dhooly
-
noun,
dooly.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- depths
-
noun,
a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- poleyn
-
noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- dholes
-
noun,
a wild Asian dog, Cuon alpinus, that hunts in packs: an endangered species.
- dhotis
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- polyol
-
noun,
an alcohol containing three or more hydroxyl groups; a polyhydric alcohol.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- diesis
-
noun,
double dagger.
- deploy
-
verb (used with object),
Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- polled
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- tosses
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- toshes
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- poodle
-
noun,
one of a breed of very active dogs, probably originating in Germany but regarded as the national dog of France, having long, thick, frizzy or curly hair usually trimmed in standard patterns, occurring in three varieties (standard, miniature, and toy) differing only in size, and originally used as a water retriever.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Pollen
-
noun,
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
- polity
-
noun,
a particular form or system of government:
- denti-
-
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- Delphi
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Greece, in Phocis: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- polit.
-
- Polish
-
noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- pointy
-
adjective,
having a comparatively sharp point:
- dillis
-
noun,
Dili.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- dollop
-
noun,
a lump or blob of some substance:
- doyens
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- pleio-
-
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- pithos
-
noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Dolton
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Python
-
noun,
any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- doolie
-
noun,
a first-year cadet in the U.S. Air Force Academy.
- Plenty
-
noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Dillon
-
noun,
C(larence) Douglas, 1909–1979, U.S. lawyer and government official, born in Switzerland: Secretary of the Treasury 1961–65.
- diploe
-
noun,
the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.
- tolyls
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- dynels
-
- podsol
-
noun,
spodosol.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- Toledo
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
- diplo-
-
- dipole
-
noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- plinth
-
noun,
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- dipsos
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- ploidy
-
noun,
the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- dishes
-
noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- Disney
-
noun,
Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- dispel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- phooey
-
interjection,
(an exclamation indicating rejection, contempt, or disgust):
- niello
-
noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- phonos
-
noun,
phonograph.
- spools
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- hoises
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- hoyles
-
noun,
Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- hoyden
-
noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- hoiden
-
noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- spoons
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- philo-
-
- phylo-
-
- spoony
-
adjective,
foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- histo-
-
- hyssop
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Hyssopus, of the mint family, especially H. officinalis, native to Europe, having clusters of small blue flowers.
- phylon
-
noun,
a group that has a genetic relationship or common origin, as a race.
- idylls
-
noun,
a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.
- hisses
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- hispid
-
adjective,
rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
- hysons
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- peloid
-
noun,
mud used therapeutically.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- Peyton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Payton.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- hoists
-
- Holden
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- spoils
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- honeys
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- phenyl
-
adjective,
containing the phenyl group.
- hooeys
-
noun,
silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk:
- pheno-
-
- Sindhi
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Sind.
- Styles
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- Hoples
-
noun,
a son of Ion.
- Hosein
-
noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- hosels
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- phenol
-
noun,
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- honied
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- hostel
-
noun,
Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- honest
-
adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- hostly
-
adjective,
of or proper to a host:
- stylo-
-
- pentyl
-
adjective,
containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- stilly
-
adverb,
quietly; silently.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- holpen
-
verb,
a past participle of help.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- stills
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- phyll-
-
- steno-
-
- Philly
-
noun,
Philadelphia (used as a nickname).
- Holley
-
noun,
Robert William, 1922–1993, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1968.
- holily
-
adverb,
in a pious, devout, or sacred manner.
- holies
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- hypso-
-
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- spodes
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- hillos
-
interjection, noun,
hallo.
- Hindoo
-
noun,
Hindu.
- Hesiod
-
noun,
fl. 8th century b.c., Greek poet.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- shindy
-
noun,
a row; rumpus.
- phyto-
-
- Hypnos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- phytol
-
noun,
a hydrophobic alcohol, C 20 H 40 O, that occurs esterified as a side chain in the chlorophyll molecule.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- phonet
-
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- splen-
-
- Hilton
-
noun,
Conrad (Nicholson) 1887–1979, U.S. hotel owner and developer.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- phyton
-
noun,
the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- phytin
-
- Hillis
-
noun,
Margaret, 1921–1998, U.S. orchestral conductor.
- phones
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- hypno-
-
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- phono-
-
- hyoids
-
noun,
the hyoid bone.
- Stoops
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- stools
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- physis
-
noun,
the principle of growth or change in nature.
- hyeto-
-
- physo-
-
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- splosh
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
splash.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- phoney
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- podo-
-
- silds
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- synd.
-
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- ploid
-
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- noso-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Peony
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Sept.
-
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- poet.
-
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- pedo-
-
- sylis
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Sells
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- sylph
-
noun,
a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poods
-
noun,
a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg).
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- silly
-
noun,
Informal. a silly or foolish person:
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- poly-
-
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Polly
-
noun,
a tame parrot.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- poohs
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- polls
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- pedi-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- plods
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- odyls
-
noun,
od.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Pylos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- phyte
-
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- possy
-
noun,
possie.
- phys.
-
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- oleo-
-
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- shiny
-
adjective,
bright or glossy in appearance.
- shins
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- Stoss
-
noun,
Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/ (Show IPA), c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
- shend
-
verb (used with object),
to put to shame.
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- shied
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- phot.
-
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- phony
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- Sheol
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- shies
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- pylon
-
noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- phon.
-
- onto-
-
- shill
-
noun,
a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- piled
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- post-
-
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- pithy
-
adjective,
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible:
- phyl-
-
- Phil.
-
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- shpt.
-
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- oste-
-
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- Pliny
-
noun,
("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- plio-
-
- noto-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- phile
-
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- shits
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- shlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- opsis
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- pyoid
-
adjective,
pertaining to pus; puslike.
- poss.
-
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- opto-
-
- shoes
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- seti-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- Sheds
-
- ohone
-
interjection,
alas!
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- shoon
-
noun,
plural of shoe.
- shoos
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- phyle
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a tribe or clan, based on supposed kinship.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- shoot
-
noun,
the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- hoods
-
noun,
a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like.
- Holst
-
noun,
Gustav Theodore [goo s-tahv] /ˈgʊs tɑv/ (Show IPA), 1874–1934, English composer.
- holts
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- Hond.
-
- Hondo
-
noun,
Honshu.
- Honey
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- hooey
-
noun,
silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk:
- Holly
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex, as I. opaca (American holly) the state tree of Delaware, or I. aquifolium (English holly) having glossy, spiny-toothed leaves, small, whitish flowers, and red berries.
- hooly
-
adverb,
cautiously; gently.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- toyon
-
- hoops
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- hoots
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- styl-
-
- disty
-
- holo-
-
- holes
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- dist.
-
- Hypo-
-
- Hindi
-
noun,
the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, especially its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
- hinds
-
noun,
Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.
- hiney
-
noun,
heinie2 .
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hyoid
-
noun,
the hyoid bone.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- hypes
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- hypos
-
noun,
a hypodermic syringe or injection.
- 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.
- hyson
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- hissy
-
noun,
Slang. a fit of anger; temper tantrum.
- hist.
-
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Hoyle
-
noun,
Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- Holds
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- yield
-
noun,
something yielded.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- yills
-
noun,
ale.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- dipl.
-
- ileo-
-
- ilio-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ility
-
- dopey
-
adjective,
stupid; inane:
- spies
-
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Dioon
-
noun,
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- hosel
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- hosp.
-
- step-
-
- hosts
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- dishy
-
adjective,
Chiefly British. very attractive; pretty or beautiful:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ideo-
-
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- idyll
-
noun,
a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.
- idio-
-
- idion
-
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- yells
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- Hind.
-
- hylo-
-
- Indo-
-
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- Tildy
-
noun,
Zoltán [zawl-tahn] /ˈzɔl tɑn/ (Show IPA), 1889–1961, Hungarian statesman: premier 1945–46; president 1946–48.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- endo-
-
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- ento-
-
- thio-
-
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- ephod
-
noun,
a richly embroidered, apronlike vestment having two shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate, worn with a waistband by the high priest. Ex. 28:6, 7, 25–28.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- typo-
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- dooly
-
noun,
(in India) a simple litter, often used to transport sick or wounded persons.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- edit.
-
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- Edyth
-
noun,
a female given name.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Dolon
-
noun,
a son of Eumedes who was killed by Diomedes and Odysseus even though he had given them valuable information about the Trojans.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Tilly
-
noun,
Count Johan Tserclaes von [yoh-hahn tser-klahs fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn tsɛrˈklɑs fən/ (Show IPA), 1559–1632, German general in the Thirty Years' War.
- Dolly
-
noun,
Informal. a doll.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- Epis.
-
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- heli-
-
- hello
-
noun,
the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting):
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- helps
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Henty
-
noun,
George Alfred, 1832–1902, English journalist and novelist.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- telly
-
noun,
television.
- hests
-
noun,
behest.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- ditsy
-
adjective,
flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- hides
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- Hilly
-
adjective,
full of hills; having many hills; hilly country.
- hillo
-
interjection, noun,
hallo.
- Heidi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Hedin
-
noun,
Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
- Epist
-
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- Thill
-
noun,
either of the pair of shafts of a vehicle between which a draft animal is harnessed.
- Theos
-
- theo-
-
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- Doisy
-
noun,
Edward Adelbert [ad-l-bert,, uh-del-] /ˈæd l bərt,, əˈdɛl-/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943.
- Esth.
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Ethyl
-
noun,
a type of antiknock fluid, containing tetraethyl lead and other ingredients for a more even combustion.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- doily
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- teno-
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Doyle
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Conan [kaw-nuh n,, koh-] /ˈkɔ nən,, ˈkoʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1859–1930, British physician, novelist, and detective-story writer.
- doyen
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- doeth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Lith.
-
- lyso-
-
- Lysol
-
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- sloyd
-
noun,
a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- Denys
-
noun,
Saint, Denîs, Saint.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- lithy
-
adjective,
lithe; supple; flexible.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- LLoyd
-
noun,
Welsh Legend. Llwyd.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- dent.
-
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- linty
-
adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- dhole
-
noun,
a wild Asian dog, Cuon alpinus, that hunts in packs: an endangered species.
- Lindy
-
noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- sloth
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- depth
-
noun,
a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
- dept.
-
- lysis
-
noun,
Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- lipid
-
noun,
any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with proteins and carbohydrates, the chief structural components of living cells.
- lipo-
-
- slosh
-
noun,
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- sleys
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- topo-
-
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- synth
-
noun,
Informal. synthesizer (def 2).
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nelly
-
noun,
inferior or cheap wine.
- synod
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Sino-
-
- 30-30
-
- Neth.
-
- sinhs
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- sito-
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- loony
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- loopy
-
adjective,
full of loops.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Sissy
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. an effeminate boy or man.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Delhi
-
noun,
a union territory in N India. 574 sq. mi. (1487 sq. km).
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lossy
-
adjective,
(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- syst.
-
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- snyes
-
noun,
a backwater.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Dynel
-
- sophs
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- sophy
-
noun,
any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- tolyl
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sooty
-
adjective,
covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.
- sooth
-
noun,
truth, reality, or fact.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- soony
-
adjective,
sentimental; emotional.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- sooey
-
interjection,
(a shout used in calling pigs.)
- sonsy
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; robust.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tolly
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- ition
-
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Sotho
-
noun,
a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- inst.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- init.
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- insp.
-
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- dynes
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- yodel
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- yodle
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- iodo-
-
- yo-ho
-
interjection,
(used as a call or shout to attract attention, accompany effort, etc.)
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- dills
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- Isth.
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- soldo
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- tondo
-
noun,
a round painting or relief.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- snood
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dilly
-
noun,
something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- lepsy
-
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Lyles
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- dilli
-
noun,
Dili.
- dhoti
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- tono-
-
- tody
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- pood
-
noun,
a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg).
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- top-
-
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pos.
-
- TODS
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shod
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- SOHO
-
noun,
a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Sol.
-
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- soln
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- shoo
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- syn-
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- syll
-
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sld.
-
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Soni
-
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- tel-
-
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- ten.
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- pot.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- the-
-
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- tion
-
- typ.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- thi-
-
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- sepn
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Ste.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- std.
-
- PTSD
-
- pts.
-
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psid
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Eth.
-
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lyte
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- est.
-
- lond
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lynd
-
noun,
Robert Staughton [stawt-n] /ˈstɔt n/ (Show IPA), 1892–1970, and his wife Helen (Merrell) [mer-uh l] /ˈmɛr əl/ (Show IPA) 1896–1982, U.S. sociologists.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lyle
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lily
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lin.
-
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- Hedy
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pleasing.”.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- lip-
-
- lys-
-
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Held
-
noun,
John, Jr. 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- enl.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Ind.
-
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NYSE
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Neph
-
- neo-
-
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- Esd.
-
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- esp.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- ESIS
-
- Ltd.
-
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- Eph.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- NDSL
-
- Ens.
-
- Neh.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- int.
-
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- IndE
-
- Indy
-
noun,
Indianapolis, Ind.
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- hood
-
noun,
a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- ins.
-
- intl
-
- illy
-
adverb,
ill.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- iod-
-
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Yolo
-
interjection,
You only live once! (used especially to rationalize impulsive or reckless behavior):
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- yond
-
adverb, adjective,
yonder.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ill.
-
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- 1080
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- yeld
-
adjective,
barren; sterile.
- yell
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ile-
-
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- yill
-
noun,
ale.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Hos.
-
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lely
-
noun,
Sir Peter [pee-ter;; Dutch pey-tuh r] /ˈpi tər;; Dutch ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter van der Faes) 1618–80, Dutch painter in England.
- Hill
-
noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- Hyde
-
noun,
Douglas, 1860–1949, Irish author and statesman: president of Ireland. 1938–45.
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Hess
-
noun,
Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- holy
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- hold
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- hol-
-
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- Hoyt
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”.
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- hods
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Hiss
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- itis
-
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- itol
-
- hyp.
-
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- dis-
-
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- dish
-
noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- dys-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- OTOH
-
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- pill
-
noun,
a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- dyne
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- dol.
-
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- opsy
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- osis
-
- pyo-
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Dino
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- oohs
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- dely
-
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- Del.
-
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Deny
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- peds
-
- pil-
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Din.
-
- Dill
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- ped.
-
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Ohio
-
noun,
a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus.
Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- doth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- ploy
-
noun,
a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Doll
-
noun,
a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- PLSS
-
- dpt.
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odyl
-
noun,
od.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Pol.
-
- edhs
-
noun,
eth.
- Poll
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nos-
-
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- not-
-
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dep.
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- pity
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- ole-
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- pled
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- oldy
-
noun,
oldie.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Ont.
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- ss.
-
- STI
-
- spt
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- SSD
-
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- SPS
-
- tph
-
- tpd
-
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- TPI
-
- TSE
-
- de-
-
- do.
-
- St.
-
- DSO
-
- TSH
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- TPN
-
- HST
-
- DPH
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- TSI
-
- SSE
-
- SST
-
- TSP
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- SSS
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- HPD
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- STL
-
- EPT
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- DPS
-
- DPI
-
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- EPS
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DSS
-
- ESL
-
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- ThD
-
- th-
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- tlo
-
- DSP
-
- DST
-
- ety
-
- TID
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- EIS
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- EDT
-
- DTh
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDP
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- ed.
-
- ETD
-
- eo-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETO
-
- DET
-
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- DIL
-
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hyd
-
- DIY
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- di.
-
- DHL
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- dh-
-
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- STP
-
- ETS
-
- HDL
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Doi
-
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- hd.
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- DLS
-
- DLO
-
- dyn
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TDY
-
- id.
-
- YTD
-
- TSS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SDI
-
- NHI
-
- NHL
-
- SDS
-
- se-
-
- NHS
-
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NIH
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NES
-
- NYP
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SED
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NOP
-
- Syl
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- LSI
-
- ote
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- SLE
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- LSS
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- LST
-
- LTh
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- LTL
-
- sd.
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NED
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noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Npt
-
- Loy
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noun,
a female given name.
- shy
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noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Old
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- pd.
-
- ONI
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- ons
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- oo-
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- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ooh
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noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- oon
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- OOT
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- Oys
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noun,
a grandchild.
- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ose
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- she
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noun,
a female person or animal.
- OTS
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OSO
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- OSP
-
- OSS
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- OIt
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- Oyo
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noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- Nth
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Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- sht
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- Peh
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noun,
pe.
- PDT
-
- PDL
-
- OED
-
- op.
-
- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Sep
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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.
- Ps.
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- OSD
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- sho
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- shp
-
- ode
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noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODS
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
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- OEO
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oho
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- oid
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- oil
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noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- LON
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- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- IOT
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- ine
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- INH
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- pli
-
- yod
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- yon
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pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
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noun,
any call for help:
- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- PL1
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noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- ILS
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- iph
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- IPO
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- IPS
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- SOP
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
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- ish
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- Isl
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- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- pl.
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- in.
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- ILP
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- ist
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- yep
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adverb, noun,
yes.
- io-
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- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ide
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- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDP
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- IDS
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noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- yds
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- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Yen
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noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Yeo
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- yes
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noun,
an affirmative reply.
- ILO
-
- yet
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Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- IHP
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- IHS
-
- PLO
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- Yid
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- Yin
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noun,
See under yin and yang.
- yip
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noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- yis
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- il-
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- ply
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noun,
a thickness or layer.
- PSS
-
- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ot-
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- lid
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noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- ite
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- soy
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noun,
soy sauce.
- PHS
-
- lep
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- sod
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noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Les
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- LHD
-
- pho
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noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LEO
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lye
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noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- PhL
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- Phi
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noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- SLP
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- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- PSE
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- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PhD
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- ll.
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- LLD
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- PID
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- py-
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- pie
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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:
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ity
-
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- LDS
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- pis
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- LSD
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- Lt.
-
- PIO
-
- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Ld.
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- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- LDL
-
- LDP
-
- Ley
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noun,
leu.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LED
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noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PH
-
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- DP
-
- D.
-
- S.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- dl
-
- SL
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TP
-
- YT
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- HP
-
- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- SN
-
- ly
-
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- le
-
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- h.
-
- LH
-
- L.
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- HL
-
- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- IP
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- yl
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- i.
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- yd
-
noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- ln
-
- DN
-
- O.
-
- TN
-
- TL
-
- ol
-
- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ey
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- ty
-
- Y.
-
- NH
-
- NP
-
- NY
-
- NI
-
- ND
-
- N.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.