Anagrams of stone-parsley
Word stone-parsley has
2078 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of stone-parsley.
- proselytes
-
noun,
a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- personalty
-
noun,
personal estate or property.
- polyesters
-
noun,
Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- Esperanto
-
noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- patroness
-
noun,
a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- personate
-
adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- entresols
-
noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- oleasters
-
noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- layperson
-
noun,
a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- proselyte
-
noun,
a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- areostyle
-
adjective,
araeostyle.
- resonates
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- serotypes
-
noun,
a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- personals
-
noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- pyranoses
-
noun,
any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- transpose
-
noun,
Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
- presently
-
adverb,
in a little while; soon:
- petronels
-
noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- prostyles
-
adjective,
(of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- polyester
-
noun,
Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polestars
-
noun,
Polaris.
- proteases
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- plastrons
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- septenary
-
noun,
a group or set of seven.
- relapses
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- psalters
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- eyespots
-
noun,
a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function.
- Personae
-
noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- peroneal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- persalts
-
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.
- planters
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- presents
-
noun,
the present time.
- prelates
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- anolytes
-
noun,
(in electrolysis) the portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode.
- pentoses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- antelope
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
- earnests
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- personal
-
noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- prostyle
-
adjective,
(of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- petrosal
-
adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- psaltery
-
noun,
an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- petronel
-
noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- protease
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- pyranose
-
noun,
any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- neotypes
-
noun,
a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed.
- Peterson
-
noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- personas
-
noun,
a person.
- serotype
-
noun,
a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- neostyle
-
noun,
a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- pronates
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- operants
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- entresol
-
noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- telerans
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- sarsenet
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- spelters
-
noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- noteless
-
adjective,
not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
- Easterly
-
noun,
a wind that blows from the east.
- oleaster
-
noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- staplers
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- eternals
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- Responsa
-
noun,
the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- response
-
noun,
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- Lorestan
-
noun,
Luristan.
- salterns
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- styrenes
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- Tyrolese
-
adjective, noun,
Tyrolean.
- pasterns
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- Tyrolean
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- polyenes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon containing two or more double bonds, often conjugated.
- parsleys
-
noun,
an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food.
Compare parsley family.
- polestar
-
noun,
Polaris.
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- polentas
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- parolees
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- estrones
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Paterson
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- psoralen
-
noun,
a toxic substance, C 11 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- plastron
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- one-step
-
noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- posterns
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- tearless
-
adjective,
not weeping or shedding tears.
- espartos
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- reposals
-
noun,
the act of reposing.
- plasters
-
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.
- treasons
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- replants
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- opaleye
-
noun,
a green game fish, Girella nigricans, common off rocky shores from California southward, having opalescent blue eyes.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- solates
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- plaster
-
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.
- eyespot
-
noun,
a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function.
- sensory
-
adjective,
of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- soapers
-
noun,
soap opera.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- pleases
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- planers
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- pyrones
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- elapses
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Plassey
-
noun,
a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- pyrenes
-
noun,
a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- plenary
-
noun,
a plenary session, meeting, or the like.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- plessor
-
noun,
plexor.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- pessary
-
noun,
a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus.
- elytron
-
noun,
one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, as beetles, forming a protective covering for the posterior or flight wings.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- esotery
-
noun,
esotericism.
- teapoys
-
noun,
a small three-legged table or stand.
- espanol
-
noun,
the Spanish language.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- ostlers
-
noun,
hostler.
- peyotes
-
noun,
mescal (def 3).
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- systole
-
noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward.
Compare diastole.
- storeys
-
noun,
story2 .
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- Slayton
-
noun,
Donald Kent ("Deke") 1924–1993, U.S. astronaut.
- slopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- estrays
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- parolee
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- paroles
-
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.
- Taylors
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- parsley
-
noun,
an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food.
Compare parsley family.
- yester-
-
- yestern
-
adjective,
yester.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- pastels
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pasters
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastose
-
adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- synapte
-
noun,
a litany.
- synapse
-
noun,
a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- serapes
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- entero-
-
- Elpenor
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- petrols
-
noun,
British. gasoline.
- petrol.
-
- petrels
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- telsons
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- pestles
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- pesters
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Serpens
-
noun,
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda) with Ophiuchus in between.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- teasels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- ospreys
-
noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- penalty
-
noun,
a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- osselet
-
noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- pentyls
-
adjective,
containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- persalt
-
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.
- pesetas
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- stopers
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- Persson
-
noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- entropy
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- poetess
-
noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- parleys
-
noun,
a discussion or conference.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- neotype
-
noun,
a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Lepanto
-
noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- spleens
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- spleeny
-
adjective,
abundant in or displaying spleen.
- sterno-
-
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- sterols
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- spleno-
-
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- topless
-
adjective,
lacking a top:
- rayless
-
adjective,
lacking rays or raylike parts.
- sealery
-
noun,
a place where seals are caught.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Staples
-
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.
- sealers
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Lenapes
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- resales
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- aplenty
-
adverb,
sufficiently; enough; more than sparingly:
- Spenser
-
noun,
Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repeals
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- replays
-
noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- stereo-
-
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- replant
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- transp.
-
- transl.
-
- reposal
-
noun,
the act of reposing.
- stepson
-
noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- anolyte
-
noun,
(in electrolysis) the portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- leprose
-
adjective,
leprous.
- leptons
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- stepney
-
noun,
a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Tower Hamlets.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- splores
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- leprosy
-
noun,
a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- sapotes
-
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.
- Reynosa
-
noun,
a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- pteryla
-
noun,
one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- resoles
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- styrene
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- presale
-
noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- Spelter
-
noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- seleno-
-
- posters
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- astrol.
-
- postals
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- stylers
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- lysates
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- stearo-
-
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- senoras
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- polyene
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon containing two or more double bonds, often conjugated.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- polenta
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- poleyns
-
noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- Stanley
-
noun,
Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- prolate
-
adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- prestos
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- nestles
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- arseno-
-
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- presets
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- prostas
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- Presley
-
noun,
Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- asperse
-
verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- steely
-
adjective,
consisting or made of steel.
- paleon
-
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- sleeps
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- pantry
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- Payton
-
noun,
Walter ("Sweetness") 1954–99, U.S. football player.
- slopes
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- paleo-
-
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- slypes
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- payees
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- paltry
-
adjective,
ridiculously or insultingly small:
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- sleety
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or like sleet.
- panto-
-
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- nearly
-
adverb,
all but; almost:
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- 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.
- Speyer
-
noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speels
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Spears
-
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.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- oyelet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sorely
-
adverb,
in a painful manner.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sporty
-
adjective,
flashy; showy.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprats
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- sprays
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- napery
-
noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- snarly
-
adjective,
apt to snarl; easily irritated.
- sports
-
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.
- Osprey
-
noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- splays
-
noun,
Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- splen-
-
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- splats
-
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.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- Parley
-
noun,
a discussion or conference.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- satyrs
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ptero-
-
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- sapro-
-
- selen-
-
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- potass
-
noun,
potash.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- roasts
-
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.
- say-so
-
noun,
one's personal statement or assertion.
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- royals
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- sayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular of say1 .
- Sayers
-
noun,
Dorothy L(eigh) 1893–1957, English novelist, essayist, and dramatist.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- repays
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- sapors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- replay
-
noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- portly
-
adjective,
rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Peyton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Payton.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- pearly
-
adjective,
like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous:
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- synop.
-
- peyote
-
noun,
mescal (def 3).
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- peltry
-
noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- penta-
-
- pentyl
-
adjective,
containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- parole
-
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.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- sleepy
-
adjective,
ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- partly
-
adverb,
in part; to some extent or degree; partially; not wholly:
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pastry
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- slates
-
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.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Plenty
-
noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platy-
-
- platys
-
noun,
platyfish.
- sepoys
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plyers
-
noun,
plier.
- plasty
-
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- poetry
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- poleyn
-
noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- pylons
-
noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- pyrans
-
noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- Pyrene
-
noun,
a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
- pyrone
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Player
-
noun,
a person or thing that plays.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- plano-
-
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- torses
-
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.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- torsel
-
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.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- tarso-
-
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- stylo-
-
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Assyr.
-
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- lapses
-
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:
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Styles
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- stylar
-
adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Leyton
-
noun,
a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- arsen-
-
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Easley
-
noun,
a town in NW South Carolina.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- yentas
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- aspens
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- yapons
-
noun,
yaupon.
- eyalet
-
noun,
vilayet.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- steno-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- lyases
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- aeron.
-
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- layers
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- teensy
-
adjective,
teeny; tiny.
- strays
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- teleo-
-
- astron
-
- lysate
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- astro-
-
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- tropes
-
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.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- enter-
-
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tressy
-
adjective,
resembling or having tresses.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- stroys
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- Alyson
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- lepto-
-
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- steres
-
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- strops
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- teapoy
-
noun,
a small three-legged table or stand.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Layton
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- atory
-
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- poet.
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- atopy
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- typo-
-
- poly-
-
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Port.
-
- porny
-
adjective,
Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic:
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- typal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting a type.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- teno-
-
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sero-
-
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- pylon
-
noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Pylos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tele-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- pert.
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- ento-
-
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- telo-
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- 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.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- peta-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- pyran
-
noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plat.
-
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- plyer
-
noun,
plier.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- plan-
-
- pyro-
-
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- 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.
- plays
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- poss.
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- tera-
-
- plast
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- alto-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- treas
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- ante-
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- 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.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
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.
- 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.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- tropy
-
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 30-30
-
- rotas
-
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.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- rept.
-
- Sans.
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- aero-
-
- resp.
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- salts
-
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.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- apses
-
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.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- possy
-
noun,
possie.
- 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.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- 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.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seely
-
adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- 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.
- assn.
-
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- post-
-
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- 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.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- asst.
-
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- prae-
-
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- pron.
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- Arnel
-
- sates
-
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.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- areo-
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Prot.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- 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.
- seats
-
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.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- sonsy
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; robust.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- 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.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- 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).
- onlay
-
noun,
an overlay, especially one in relief.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- latry
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- spays
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- 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.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- span-
-
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- 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:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snyes
-
noun,
a backwater.
- 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.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- oste-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snaps
-
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- 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.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- OPers
-
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soaps
-
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.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- soapy
-
adjective,
containing or impregnated with soap:
- 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.
- 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.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- lt-yr
-
- lossy
-
adjective,
(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- step-
-
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- ster.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stays
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Srta.
-
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lyso-
-
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- naso-
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- 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.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- 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.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- styl-
-
- splay
-
noun,
Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- nears
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- spor-
-
- lepsy
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- 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.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- 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.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pasty
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Patsy
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- 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.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- part.
-
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pases
-
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.
- pass.
-
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- yapon
-
noun,
yaupon.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Passy
-
noun,
Frédérick [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1822–1912, French economist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- pene-
-
- Syene
-
noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- tears
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- peaty
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- Pearl
-
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.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- slays
-
noun,
sley.
- 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.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- syst.
-
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- essay
-
noun,
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- pant-
-
- pale-
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- Payne
-
noun,
John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- palsy
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- payt.
-
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- sleys
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Paley
-
noun,
Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- panty
-
noun,
panties.
- Pansy
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Parl.
-
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- payee
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Syr.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- str.
-
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- tel-
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- 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.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- 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.
- tron
-
- syn-
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ten.
-
- says
-
noun,
what a person says or has to say.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- tRNA
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sra.
-
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- 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.
- top-
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- 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.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sat.
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sepn
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- soln
-
- SASE
-
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- 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.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- 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.
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, 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.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- typ.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- 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.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- 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:
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- ter.
-
- Sol.
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ELAS
-
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- enl.
-
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- ole-
-
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- NYSE
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- pays
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- PAYE
-
- ates
-
- Pal.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- paly
-
adjective,
pale.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- 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.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Ont.
-
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- opsy
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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:
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- 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.
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- 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.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- 1080
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lys-
-
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lyte
-
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- yrs.
-
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- esp.
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- neo-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lory
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- pat.
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- 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.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- apo-
-
- 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.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ant.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- ano-
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Apr.
-
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pos.
-
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- pot.
-
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pre-
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- pro-
-
- 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.
- prs.
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- PSAT
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- RONA
-
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- RNAS
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- aet.
-
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- 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.
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- alt.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- rel.
-
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Pen.
-
- pyr-
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pyo-
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- 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.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ASSR
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- art.
-
- ploy
-
noun,
a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- PLSS
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- pnea
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- play
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- ATP
-
- eo-
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- ea.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- at.
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- al.
-
- tlo
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- an.
-
- yer
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- TSE
-
- TAL
-
- ast
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- tlr
-
- Yeo
-
- Tro
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- TSP
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ays
-
- ETR
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- EPT
-
- ERP
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- EEO
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Apl
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- APS
-
- ase
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- ery
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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.
- tr.
-
- EPS
-
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- ene
-
- en-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- tra
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- La.
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- ETS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ETO
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ety
-
- 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.
- ESR
-
- ASN
-
- 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.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ERT
-
- aor
-
- 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.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- TSS
-
- Lt.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- SLE
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- SLA
-
- Syl
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- prn
-
- py-
-
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- 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).
- pl.
-
- 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.
- PLA
-
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- PLO
-
- 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.
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- POA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ory
-
- Pa.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- OTS
-
- PLR
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- SRO
-
- 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.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ROP
-
- RPO
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- POR
-
- Re.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- PRA
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PSS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- RPS
-
- SAR
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- REA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ola
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SSR
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSE
-
- 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.
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- LPN
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- STP
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- STL
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LON
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SPR
-
- SSN
-
- ne-
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NEA
-
- op.
-
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- OSA
-
- OAP
-
- 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
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- NYP
-
- NSA
-
- NES
-
- 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:
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- 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.
- NYA
-
- ee
-
- NP
-
- ey
-
- OA
-
- RO
-
- le
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- TN
-
- yl
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SL
-
- T1
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- t.
-
- AO
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- ol
-
- yr
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- 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.
- L.
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- RP
-
- ry
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- TL
-
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NL
-
- SN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Y.
-
- YT
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LR
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TP
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- N.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- O.
-
- 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):
- ly
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ty
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NY
-