Anagrams of sporulate
Word sporulate has
986 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of sporulate.
- apterous
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adjective,
Zoology. wingless, as some insects.
- outleaps
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- petalous
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adjective,
having petals.
- pulsator
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noun,
something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- rosulate
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adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- parlous
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adverb,
to a large extent; greatly.
- paroles
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- spurtle
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noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- torulas
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noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- petrol.
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- tupelos
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noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Pasteur
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- superl.
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- Pasture
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noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- stearo-
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- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- astrol.
-
- perusal
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noun,
a reading:
- leprous
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adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- pelorus
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noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- pterous
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- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- Palouse
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noun,
a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- pleuro-
-
- outleap
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- Austro-
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- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- pulsate
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- Aetolus
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noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- uptears
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verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- sporule
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noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- petro-
-
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- salute
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noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- tauro-
-
- routes
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- taupes
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noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- stupor
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noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- erupts
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verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- tarso-
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- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- pleura
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- super-
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- pleur-
-
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- rustle
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Europa
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noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- supra-
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- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- solute
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noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- sapote
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noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- set-up
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noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- paleo-
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- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- souple
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noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- setula
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noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Seurat
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- lutose
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adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Solera
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noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- solate
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- osteal
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adjective,
osseous.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- luteo-
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- sapro-
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- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pelota
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noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- lepto-
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- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- saurel
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noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- letups
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noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- patrol
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noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- staple
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- loupes
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noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- parous
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- parols
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noun,
something stated or declared.
- parole
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- sprout
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noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- troupe
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- tousle
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- pouter
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- austr-
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- Auster
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noun,
the south wind personified.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Atreus
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noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Aloeus
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noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- pulsar
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noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- Tulear
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noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- torula
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noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- uptear
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verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- astro-
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- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- result
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- uprose
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noun,
an act of rising up.
- urates
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noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- ptero-
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- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- aslope
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adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- ultras
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noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- Roseau
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noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- ultra-
-
- Ulster
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- arouse
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verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Tupelo
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noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- Tulare
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noun,
a city in central California.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- poults
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noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- utero-
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- raptus
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noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- tepals
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noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- portal
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noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- poseur
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noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- postal
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noun,
Informal. postal card.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Palos
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noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- purls
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noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- slept
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- psora
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noun,
psoriasis.
- Otaru
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noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- roast
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noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Paros
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noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- pruta
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noun,
prutah.
- sepal
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- parse
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- repos
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- parts
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noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- sero-
-
- ropes
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noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Seoul
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noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- oste-
-
- paseo
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noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Prus.
-
- paste
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noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- rapes
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noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Purse
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noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- rept.
-
- setup
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noun,
organization; arrangement.
- outre
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adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- reaps
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verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- septa
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noun,
plural of septum.
- pules
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verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Sept.
-
- pares
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noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Pales
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noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- pulse
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- pulas
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noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- Outer
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adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- ratos
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noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- resp.
-
- reals
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noun,
real number.
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pareu
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noun,
lavalava.
- Parl.
-
- ousel
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noun,
ouzel.
- seral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- pale-
-
- rales
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- re-up
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verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- poles
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noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Prot.
-
- pours
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noun,
the act of pouring.
- Plato
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noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- rotls
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- potus
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noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- poult
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noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- plast
-
- Rules
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noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- pouts
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noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- prae-
-
- rotas
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noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- praos
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noun,
proa.
- Petra
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- polar
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adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- rouse
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noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- poet.
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- post-
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- plur.
-
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Port.
-
- ports
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noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- pleo-
-
- petr-
-
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Pears
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noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Pearl
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noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- patr-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- peta-
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- 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.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- pret.
-
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- pert.
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tera-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Euro-
-
- Supt.
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- alto-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- aero-
-
- USLTA
-
- 30-30
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- auto.
-
- Aust.
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- astr.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- treas
-
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- areo-
-
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- OPers
-
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Srta.
-
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- 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.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- 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).
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- 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.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- step-
-
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- ster.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tues
-
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- USPO
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- USAR
-
- uret
-
- uro-
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- repl
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- ulto
-
- Sol.
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Rep.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- rel.
-
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- Ste.
-
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sur-
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- supr
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- saur
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- str.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Sat.
-
- top-
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sra.
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rpt.
-
- taur
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- ter.
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 1080
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- art.
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- eso-
-
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- esp.
-
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pet.
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- eous
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- per.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- OPer
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- par.
-
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Pal.
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ator
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ates
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- lea.
-
- Eur.
-
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- aer-
-
- pts.
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- aet.
-
- ELAS
-
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- PSAT
-
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- purs
-
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- prs.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ole-
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- apo-
-
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Apr.
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- est.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- pre-
-
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- alt.
-
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pot.
-
- pos.
-
- Pol.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EPA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Lt.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- La.
-
- TAL
-
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ERP
-
- ESU
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Ep.
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ur-
-
- APS
-
- Apl
-
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- UAE
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ult
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- AOU
-
- aor
-
- up-
-
- ALU
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ure
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Ar.
-
- USO
-
- USP
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- USR
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- al.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ap-
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- tue
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ASU
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- Tu.
-
- ASR
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Tro
-
- ase
-
- ARU
-
- ARS
-
- trp
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- TSE
-
- TSP
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- St.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- pl.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- se-
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- PLA
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- SLP
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SLE
-
- Pa.
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLO
-
- ot-
-
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- ROA
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Re.
-
- RPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- REA
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PSE
-
- ROP
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- PLR
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- PSA
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POR
-
- PRA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SLR
-
- SLA
-
- OSP
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- SPR
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- spt
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Sr.
-
- Sta
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- 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.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- STL
-
- OSA
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- STP
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- op.
-
- LST
-
- OAP
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- OPA
-
- Ola
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SU
-
- L.
-
- PU
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- AO
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- t.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- le
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- O.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RU
-
- U.
-
- LR
-
- TL
-
- ol
-
- UL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- S.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TP
-
- RP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- OA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SA
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- SL
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.