Anagrams of Terpsichorean
Word Terpsichorean has
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- interphase
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noun,
the period of the cell cycle during which the nucleus is not undergoing division, typically occurring between mitotic or meiotic divisions.
Also called interkinesis.
Compare G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase.
- contraries
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noun,
something that is contrary or opposite:
- chitarrone
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noun,
an early musical stringed instrument of the lute family with a long neck and two pegboxes, one above the other.
- charioteer
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noun,
a chariot driver.
- Carpentier
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noun,
Alejo [uh-ley-hoh;; Spanish ah-le-haw] /əˈleɪ hoʊ;; Spanish ɑˈlɛ hɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–80, Cuban novelist, writer, and musicologist.
- Osterreich
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noun,
German name of Austria.
- precentors
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- chaperones
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noun,
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- archespore
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noun,
the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- copartners
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noun,
a partner or associate, as in a business.
- part-score
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noun,
a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game:
- archpriest
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noun,
a priest holding first rank, as among the members of a cathedral chapter or among the clergy of a district outside the episcopal city.
- Corrientes
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noun,
a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- periastron
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noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- recreation
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noun,
refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
- stereopair
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noun,
a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- antechoirs
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noun,
an enclosed space in front of the choir of a church.
- interspace
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noun,
a space between things.
- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- reproaches
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noun,
blame or censure conveyed in disapproval:
- horse-race
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noun,
a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- anchorites
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noun,
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
- procreates
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verb (used with object),
to beget or generate (offspring).
- spirochete
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noun,
any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- portieres
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- Catherine
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noun,
a female given name.
- cathepsin
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noun,
any of a class of intracellular proteolytic enzymes, occurring in animal tissue, especially the liver, spleen, kidneys, and intestine, that catalyze autolysis in certain pathological conditions and after death.
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- archeries
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noun,
the art, practice, or skill of an archer.
- heartsore
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adjective,
heartsick.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- Ctesiphon
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noun,
a ruined city in Iraq, on the Tigris, near Baghdad: an ancient capital of Parthia.
- Parthenos
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noun,
an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- anteporch
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noun,
an outer porch.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- trephines
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noun,
a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- antechoir
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noun,
an enclosed space in front of the choir of a church.
- terrapins
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- Reichsrat
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noun,
German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- parceners
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noun,
a joint heir; coheir.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- anthropic
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adjective,
of or relating to human beings or their span of existence on earth.
- trenchers
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noun,
a person or thing that digs trenches.
- Cristophe
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noun,
Henri, Christophe, Henri.
- atrophies
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noun,
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- schreiner
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noun,
Olive ("Ralph Iron") c1862–1920, English author and feminist.
- pantihose
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noun,
pantyhose.
- sphincter
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noun,
a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- apocenter
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- par-three
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a small-scale golf course, usually having 18 holes of 150 yards (137 meters) in length from tee to cup on 7 to 40 acres (3 to 16 hectares) of land.
- cenotaphs
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noun,
a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- proscenia
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noun,
Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- operatics
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- careerist
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noun,
a person who follows a career.
- either-or
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adjective,
allowing no equivocation; being limited in choice to two options:
- teach-ins
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- orchestra
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noun,
a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- escheator
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noun,
an officer in charge of escheats.
- traceries
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noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- enciphers
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, communication, etc.) into cipher.
- priorates
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- errancies
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noun,
the state or an instance of erring.
- procaines
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- Espartero
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noun,
Baldomero [bahl-daw-me-raw] /ˌbɑl dɔˈmɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), Count of Luchana [loo-chah-nah] /luˈtʃɑ nɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1879, Spanish general and statesman.
- procreant
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adjective,
procreating or generating:
- procreate
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verb (used with object),
to beget or generate (offspring).
- rancheros
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noun,
a rancher.
- rancherie
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noun,
an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.
- entropies
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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.
- eparchies
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noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- racehorse
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noun,
a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- torcheres
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noun,
a tall stand for a candelabrum.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- Esperanto
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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.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- preachers
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noun,
a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.
- recreants
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noun,
a coward.
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- transpire
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verb (used with object),
to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- earthrise
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noun,
the rising of the earth above the horizon of the moon or other celestial body, viewed from that body's surface or from a spacecraft orbiting it.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- receptors
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- nearshore
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adjective,
extending from or occurring along a shore.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- sharecrop
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verb (used with or without object),
to farm as a sharecropper.
- receiptor
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noun,
a person who receipts.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- precentor
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- nephrites
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noun,
Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- Carpenter
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noun,
a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- Carothers
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noun,
Wallace Hume, 1896–1937, U.S. chemist: associated with the invention of synthetic nylon material.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- earphones
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noun,
a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- Parcheesi
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- phonetics
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noun,
the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription.
Compare acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics, auditory phonetics, physiological phonetics.
- perorates
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verb (used without object),
to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- chaperons
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noun,
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- re-search
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verb (used with or without object),
to search or search for again.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- herniates
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verb (used without object),
to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- phratries
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noun,
a grouping of clans or other social units within a tribe.
- chorister
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noun,
a singer in a choir.
- phanerite
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noun,
any igneous rock whose grains are visible to the naked eye.
- stenopeic
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noun,
a device, as of wood, metal, or cardboard, with a narrow horizontal slit, worn over the eyes for protection against bright sunlight.
- Cithaeron
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noun,
a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- phrenetic
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noun,
a phrenetic person.
- chaperone
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noun,
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- heritance
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noun,
inheritance.
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- phenetics
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noun,
classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- Stephanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- copartner
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noun,
a partner or associate, as in a business.
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- senhorita
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noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- increaser
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noun,
a person or thing that increases.
- Rochester
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noun,
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
- tierceron
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noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- Percheron
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noun,
one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- acrospire
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noun,
the first sprout appearing in the germination of grain; the developed plumule of the seed.
- heronries
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noun,
a place where a colony of herons breeds.
- patiences
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- anchorite
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noun,
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
- personate
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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.
- anchorets
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noun,
anchorite.
- Hesperian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of a western land.
- therapies
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noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- rhetorics
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noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- phenacite
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noun,
a rare vitreous mineral, beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring in crystals, sometimes used as a gem.
- patencies
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- intercrop
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noun,
a crop plant growing between plants of a different crop.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- perianths
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noun,
the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- chantries
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noun,
an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
- chiropter
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noun,
any mammal of the order Chiroptera, comprising the bats.
- cinerator
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noun,
an incinerator.
- echinate
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adjective,
bristly; prickly.
- Eisenach
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noun,
a city in central Germany.
- phenetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.
- prestore
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verb (used with object),
Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
- Pretoria
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noun,
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- prehnite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- perianth
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noun,
the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- perisarc
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noun,
the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- preheats
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verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- ectopias
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- prescore
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verb (used with object),
to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- Pharisee
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noun,
a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- chitosan
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noun,
a derivative of chitin, used in waste-water treatment.
- phaetons
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noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- perorate
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verb (used without object),
to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- Christo-
-
- Chretien
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noun,
Jean, born 1934, Canadian politician: prime minister 1993–2003.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canopies
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noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Christen
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verb (used with object),
to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- petechia
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noun,
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- Ephesian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Ephesus.
- torchere
-
noun,
a tall stand for a candelabrum.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- 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.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- priorate
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- capstone
-
noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- encipher
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, communication, etc.) into cipher.
- chopines
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noun,
a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn especially by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- Sheraton
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noun,
Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- enriches
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verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- prisoner
-
noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- chorines
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noun,
a chorus girl.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- Petrarch
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noun,
(Francesco Petrarca) 1304–74, Italian poet and scholar.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- carports
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- chaperon
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noun,
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- pierrots
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- centiare
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- Charente
-
noun,
a department in W France. 2306 sq. mi. (5975 sq. km). Capital: Angoulême.
- seraphic
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- parcener
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noun,
a joint heir; coheir.
- centares
-
noun,
centiare.
- pantries
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pontiacs
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Charters
-
noun,
a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- poetries
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- pinaster
-
noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- cenotaph
-
noun,
a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.
- pinchers
-
noun,
a person or thing that pinches.
- pastiche
-
noun,
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- pinscher
-
noun,
one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- partners
-
noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- piscator
-
noun,
fisherman.
- theories
-
noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- Paterson
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- Patience
-
noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- poachers
-
noun,
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- creatine
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- Cerritos
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- pitchers
-
noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- Creation
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- chanters
-
noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- partiers
-
noun,
partyer.
- chanties
-
noun,
chantey.
- Chartres
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Eure-et-Loir, in N France, SW of Paris: cathedral.
- portance
-
noun,
bearing; behavior.
- cohenite
-
noun,
a rare microscopic mineral, carbide of iron, nickel, or cobalt, (Fe, Ni, Co) 3 C, found in lunar rocks and some meteorites.
- perchers
-
noun,
a person or thing that perches.
- conspire
-
verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- terranes
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- percents
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- praetors
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- phorates
-
noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- terraces
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- 11-point
-
- earphone
-
noun,
a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- phonetic
-
noun,
(in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- Preacher
-
noun,
a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.
- coherers
-
noun,
a person or thing that coheres.
- phonates
-
verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- preaches
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- carrions
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- coherent
-
adjective,
logically connected; consistent:
- potheens
-
noun,
poteen.
- cherries
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- picrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- cheaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- picotees
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- painters
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- theriacs
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- portiere
-
noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- cheapens
-
verb (used with object),
to make cheap or cheaper.
- terrines
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- potences
-
noun,
potency.
- Thespiae
-
noun,
a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- postiche
-
noun,
an imitation or substitute.
- caterers
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- cheerios
-
noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- Thespian
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a tragedian; an actor or actress.
- terrapin
-
noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- phreatic
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to ground water.
- atropine
-
noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- cantoris
-
adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- hectares
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- Esthonia
-
noun,
Estonia.
- reorient
-
adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- actorish
-
adjective,
exaggeratedly theatrical; affected:
- retrains
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- retrench
-
verb (used with object),
to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- trainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- inarches
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- aphorist
-
noun,
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- arteries
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- aphonics
-
noun,
Pathology. a person who is affected with aphonia.
- arterio-
-
- isoprene
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- rotaries
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- re-trace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- Niarchos
-
noun,
Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- Stanhope
-
noun,
a light, open, one-seated, horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels.
- trochees
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- trenches
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- Traherne
-
noun,
Thomas, 1637?–74, English writer.
- herpetic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- hapteron
-
noun,
a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- hepatics
-
noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- teach-in
-
noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Asherite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Asher.
- research
-
noun,
diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.:
- trencher
-
noun,
a person or thing that digs trenches.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- rhetoric
-
noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- roperies
-
noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- strophic
-
adjective,
Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- sphaero-
-
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- haricots
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- archines
-
noun,
arshin.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- spectro-
-
- recreant
-
noun,
a coward.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- Increase
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- naperies
-
noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- heptanes
-
noun,
any of nine isomeric hydrocarbons, C 7 H 16 , of the alkane series, some of which are obtained from petroleum: used in fuels as solvents, and as chemical intermediates.
- hereinto
-
adverb,
into this place.
- Harrison
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- inchoate
-
adjective,
not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- restrain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- receptor
-
noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- retainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- apocrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- tranship
-
verb (used with or without object),
transship.
- heritors
-
noun,
inheritor.
- rentiers
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- neoteric
-
noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- air-core
-
adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- herniate
-
verb (used without object),
to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- nephrite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- isothere
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- rescript
-
noun,
a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- tracheo-
-
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- Hortense
-
noun,
a female given name.
- notecase
-
noun,
billfold.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- anchoret
-
noun,
anchorite.
- Torrence
-
noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- Atchison
-
noun,
a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- Torrance
-
noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- aconites
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Sancerre
-
noun,
a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- antihero
-
noun,
a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.
- atherine
-
noun,
an atherine fish.
- introrse
-
adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- anthrop.
-
- hispano-
-
- ranchero
-
noun,
a rancher.
- horsecar
-
noun,
a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- reprints
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- erection
-
noun,
the act of erecting.
- trophies
-
noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- heartens
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- rephrase
-
verb (used with object),
to phrase again or differently:
- hearties
-
noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- tropines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- anterior
-
adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- Rinehart
-
noun,
Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- insphere
-
verb (used with object),
ensphere.
- saponite
-
noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- acetones
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- reproach
-
noun,
blame or censure conveyed in disapproval:
- ranchers
-
noun,
a person who owns or works on a ranch.
- strainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- achiotes
-
noun,
annatto.
- errhines
-
noun,
a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
- erratics
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- antrorse
-
adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- trephine
-
noun,
a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- Steichen
-
noun,
Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- Achinese
-
noun,
Atjehnese.
- tricorns
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- repaints
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- achroite
-
noun,
the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- heparins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- asthenic
-
noun,
a person of the asthenic type.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- northers
-
noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- theriac
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Theresa
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- thenars
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- Pechora
-
noun,
a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- hectors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- patches
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- heptane
-
noun,
any of nine isomeric hydrocarbons, C 7 H 16 , of the alkane series, some of which are obtained from petroleum: used in fuels as solvents, and as chemical intermediates.
- Corinth
-
noun,
an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- hepatic
-
noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- corners
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Sephora
-
noun,
Zipporah.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- henries
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- heparin
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
- hepcats
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- inheres
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- peaches
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- inshore
-
adverb,
toward the shore:
- peahens
-
noun,
the female peafowl.
- corresp
-
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- hepato-
-
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- Cornish
-
noun,
the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- therein
-
adverb,
in or into that place or thing.
- inphase
-
adjective,
having the same phase.
- Shorter
-
noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- pectens
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- Stephen
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- perries
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- hot-air
-
noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Perrine
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- heteros
-
noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- hetero-
-
- stearo-
-
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Herriot
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- stereo-
-
- coheirs
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- sthenia
-
noun,
strength; excessive vital force.
- hoptree
-
noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- hoarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become hoarse.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- sterno-
-
- perrons
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- histone
-
noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- thorias
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- horrent
-
adjective,
bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- hospice
-
noun,
a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- Pereira
-
noun,
Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
- heptose
-
noun,
any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- contra-
-
- heriots
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- heretic
-
noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- Copehan
-
noun,
Wintun.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- cranio-
-
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- senhora
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- strophe
-
noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- therian
-
noun,
a therian animal.
- heritor
-
noun,
inheritor.
- constr.
-
- Herries
-
verb (used with or without object),
harry.
- heroine
-
noun,
a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- striper
-
noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- coherer
-
noun,
a person or thing that coheres.
- heroins
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- coheres
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- Perchta
-
noun,
the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- heroics
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- perches
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- percher
-
noun,
a person or thing that perches.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- hernio-
-
- peonies
-
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.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- hernias
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- spinach
-
noun,
a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- escheat
-
noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- teacher
-
noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- teaches
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Shearer
-
noun,
Moira (Moira Shearer King) 1926–2006, British ballerina.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- enchase
-
verb (used with object),
to place (gems) in an ornamental setting.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- Sno-Cat
-
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- oraches
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- Sheitan
-
noun,
Ash-Shaytān.
- techno-
-
- ornith-
-
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- sharper
-
noun,
a shrewd swindler.
- nephric
-
adjective,
renal.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- 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.
- echino-
-
- sharpen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sharp or sharper.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- nephro-
-
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- orphans
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- sharpie
-
noun,
sharper.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- Sharrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sharon.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- 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.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- errhine
-
noun,
a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- neither
-
pronoun,
not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
- Shriner
-
noun,
a member of a fraternal order (Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine) that is an auxiliary of the Masonic order and is dedicated to good fellowship, health programs, charitable works, etc.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- Onitsha
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria, on the Niger River.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- eparchs
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- shoepac
-
noun,
a heavy, laced, waterproof boot.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- tenches
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- shortie
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- shorten
-
verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- tephras
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- ophites
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- entero-
-
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- norther
-
noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- notches
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- Teheran
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- ethanes
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- ostrich
-
noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- 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.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- parries
-
noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- parches
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- crisper
-
noun,
a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
- Parrish
-
noun,
Anne, 1888–1957, U.S. novelist and author of books for children.
- isoneph
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same amount of cloudiness.
- isopach
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
- isotach
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- theines
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- parrots
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- Panther
-
noun,
the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- hectare
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- partner
-
noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- Heaters
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- hearten
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- sporran
-
noun,
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- hatpins
-
noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- partier
-
noun,
partyer.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Harriet
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Harry.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- earthen
-
adjective,
composed of earth.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- tarnish
-
noun,
a tarnished coating.
- spathic
-
adjective,
like spar.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- Shapiro
-
noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- terrace
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- ethnics
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- ethiops
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- ethions
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- harries
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- spheno-
-
- harpist
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Harpies
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- harpers
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp.
- sphero-
-
- haricot
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- haptics
-
noun,
the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- haptens
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- sphenic
-
adjective,
being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- sthenic
-
adjective,
sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- potiche
-
noun,
a vase or jar, as of porcelain, with a rounded or polygonal body narrowing at the top.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- pothers
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- cashier
-
noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- potheen
-
noun,
poteen.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- aphetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- scarper
-
verb (used without object),
to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- Scarron
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- praetor
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- porters
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carport
-
noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- aphonic
-
noun,
Pathology. a person who is affected with aphonia.
- carrion
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- scapho-
-
- aphotic
-
adjective,
lightless; dark.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- poaches
-
verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerato-
-
- poacher
-
noun,
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- ceriphs
-
noun,
serif.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- pitches
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- Pitcher
-
noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- reprise
-
noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Antioch
-
noun,
Arabic Antakiya. Turkish Antakya. a city in S Turkey: capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria 300–64 b.c.
- anthers
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- porrect
-
adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- porches
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- tochers
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- centri-
-
- reports
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- centro-
-
- preheat
-
verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- reapers
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- arseno-
-
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- arteri-
-
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- tranche
-
noun,
Finance.
one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment:
a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering:
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- torches
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- aristo-
-
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- arthro-
-
- cahiers
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratches
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- raptors
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rapiers
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- ranchos
-
noun,
a ranch.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- ranches
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- rancher
-
noun,
a person who owns or works on a ranch.
- reaches
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- transp.
-
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- pretors
-
noun,
praetor.
- archit.
-
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- archine
-
noun,
arshin.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- archers
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- pricers
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- preter-
-
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- presort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- carhops
-
noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- archons
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- pschent
-
noun,
the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt, which had previously been separate kingdoms.
- prorate
-
verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- 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.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- prithee
-
interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- archsee
-
noun,
archbishopric.
- anchors
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- Roerich
-
noun,
Nicholas Konstantinovich [nik-uh-luh s kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk ə ləs ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.
- rochets
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- cheater
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Script.
-
- cheapos
-
noun,
Slang. cheapo.
- actino-
-
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- cheapie
-
noun,
a cheaply made, often inferior, product:
- cheapen
-
verb (used with object),
to make cheap or cheaper.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- chatons
-
noun,
Also called chaton foil. an imitation gem of paste that has its pavilion backed with metal foil or silver to reflect light.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- chasten
-
verb (used with object),
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- phaeton
-
noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- richens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- charter
-
noun,
a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- phonics
-
noun,
a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- chopine
-
noun,
a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn especially by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- charros
-
noun,
a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
- chopins
-
noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- trochee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rhetors
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- phonies
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- phorate
-
noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- Chinese
-
noun,
the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- achiote
-
noun,
annatto.
- phonate
-
verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- Acheson
-
noun,
Dean (Gooderham) [goo d-er-ham,, -uh m] /ˈgʊd ərˌhæm,, -əm/ (Show IPA), 1893–1971, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1949–53.
- photics
-
noun,
the science of light.
- Acheron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
- phocine
-
adjective,
of or relating to seals.
- Chester
-
noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- achenes
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- Phineas
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “serpent's mouth or oracle.”.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- Chenier
-
noun,
a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- Rhetian
-
noun,
Raetic.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- phrenia
-
- Cheiron
-
noun,
Chiron.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- cheiro-
-
- phrenic
-
adjective,
Anatomy. of or relating to the diaphragm.
- scorper
-
noun,
scauper.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- cheeros
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- phreno-
-
- chitons
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- cheerio
-
noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- scraper
-
noun,
a person or thing that scrapes.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- Richter
-
noun,
Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- chanter
-
noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- roaches
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- Pinchot
-
noun,
Gifford, 1863–1946, U.S. political leader, forester, and teacher.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- chorine
-
noun,
a chorus girl.
- chorten
-
noun,
(in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- aethers
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- reshape
-
verb (used with object),
to shape again or into different form.
- chapter
-
noun,
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pincher
-
noun,
a person or thing that pinches.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- chaines
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- threaps
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- respire
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- pinches
-
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- trophic
-
adjective,
of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- airport
-
noun,
a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
- Thraces
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tricho-
-
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- Chariot
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled vehicle for one person, usually drawn by two horses and driven from a standing position, used in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc., in warfare, racing, hunting, etc.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- choreas
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Pierrot
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- retches
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- nitro-
-
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- nephr-
-
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- Hosein
-
noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Neches
-
noun,
a river in E Texas, flowing S and SE to Sabine Lake. 416 miles (669 km) long.
- necro-
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Reaper
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- niches
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- steno-
-
- inches
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- intra-
-
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- incorr
-
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- intro.
-
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- spiro-
-
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- 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.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- inhere
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- instr.
-
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- inter.
-
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- iatro-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- rectos
-
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- sphene
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium titanium silicate, CaTiSiO 5 , occurring as an accessory mineral in a variety of crystalline rocks, usually in small wedge-shaped crystals.
- recti-
-
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- Rhines
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- nachos
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- rhino-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- stench
-
noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- sphere
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- retro-
-
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- stanch
-
noun,
Also called flash-lock, navigation weir. a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- rasher
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- Pesach
-
noun,
Passover (def 1).
- nocti-
-
- pathic
-
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patho-
-
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- pathos
-
noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- septi-
-
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patri-
-
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Pashto
-
noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pithos
-
noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- 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.
- peahen
-
noun,
the female peafowl.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- pheno-
-
- phatic
-
adjective,
denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- phanos
-
noun,
fanon.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- petro-
-
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- honest
-
adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Phocis
-
noun,
an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- picro-
-
- 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.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- penche
-
adjective,
performed or executed while leaning forward.
- phones
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- Penchi
-
noun,
Benxi.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- 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.
- penta-
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- phren.
-
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- photic
-
adjective,
of or relating to light.
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- phonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to speech sounds.
- phonet
-
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- panto-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- sapro-
-
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Shrine
-
noun,
a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- 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.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- siphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- sarco-
-
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Shinto
-
noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- Shiner
-
noun,
a person or thing that shines.
- Shinar
-
noun,
a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rrhoea
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- snitch
-
noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- sacro-
-
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- rancho
-
noun,
a ranch.
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- Ranchi
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- sirrah
-
noun,
a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- scato-
-
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- shapen
-
adjective,
having a designated shape (usually used in combination):
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- shanti
-
noun,
peace.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Potash
-
noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- scarph
-
noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- Sheena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- orphan
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Orphic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Orpheus.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- contr.
-
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Chron.
-
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- Chosen
-
noun,
elect.
- chori-
-
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- Chopin
-
noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- anchor
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- chopas
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- chiton
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- trich-
-
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- Cohens
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- cirro-
-
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- epochs
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- aeron.
-
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- enter-
-
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- escent
-
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- actin-
-
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- 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:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- thanes
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- cteno-
-
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- 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.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Enochs
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- echoes
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- chirrs
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- carhop
-
noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- 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.
- trans.
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- arsen-
-
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- archt.
-
- archon
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archi-
-
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- Archer
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- arshin
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- Ashton
-
noun,
Sir Frederick (William) 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- arthr-
-
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- antho-
-
- Chiron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- chants
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- charrs
-
noun,
char2 .
- charro
-
noun,
a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
- Charon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- chapes
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- aniso-
-
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chains
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- chiro-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- chinos
-
noun,
a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc.
- Chino-
-
- chines
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- chinas
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chaton
-
noun,
Also called chaton foil. an imitation gem of paste that has its pavilion backed with metal foil or silver to reflect light.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- Cheops
-
noun,
flourished early 26th century b.c, king of Egypt: builder of the great pyramid at Giza (father of Khafre).
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- cheapo
-
noun,
Slang. cheapo.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centr-
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- treasr
-
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- 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.
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- hapten
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- hepcat
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- hepat-
-
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- 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.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- 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.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- histo-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- tacho-
-
- Harper
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp.
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- ethno-
-
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- hecto-
-
- hiero-
-
- hepta-
-
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- Harris
-
noun,
Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- haptic
-
noun,
Usually, haptics. Digital Technology.
a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device:
an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user:
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- herein
-
adverb,
in or into this place.
- Herter
-
noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- hatpin
-
noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herpes
-
noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- troph-
-
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- aceto-
-
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- 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.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Herrin
-
noun,
a town in S Illinois.
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- tarso-
-
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- insep
-
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- ante-
-
- poach
-
verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- poet.
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- poche
-
noun,
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- herns
-
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- post-
-
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- prae-
-
- tonia
-
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Cath.
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- scat-
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- cent.
-
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- 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):
- Srta.
-
- incr.
-
- Port.
-
- anth-
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- incor
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- cero-
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- anis-
-
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- pico-
-
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- intr.
-
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- 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.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- spor-
-
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- 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.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- phon.
-
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Chin.
-
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- phore
-
- phot.
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- insp.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- cert.
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- charr
-
noun,
char2 .
- hect-
-
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- char-
-
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- chap.
-
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- inst.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- Scot.
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- rrhea
-
- 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.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- 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.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- hort.
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- reni-
-
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- hist.
-
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- sanit
-
- hosp.
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- astr.
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ation
-
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- arith
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- recip
-
- Recit
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areo-
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recpt
-
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- arche
-
- Arch.
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- treas
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- asco-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rcpt.
-
- 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.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- 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.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rears
-
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Apoc.
-
- 30-30
-
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IATSE
-
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- pret.
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- anti-
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- icons
-
- herp.
-
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- carp-
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- 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.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- sarc-
-
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- 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.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- hier-
-
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- 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.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- ster.
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- proc.
-
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- pron.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Cant.
-
- pros.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- step-
-
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Prot.
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- chirr
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- phane
-
- Phene
-
noun,
any characteristic of an individual organism that is genetically determined.
- orch.
-
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tera-
-
- Sheen
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- ecto-
-
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- Enoch
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- restr
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- ento-
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- OPers
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- econ.
-
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rhoea
-
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- sero-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- resp.
-
- 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.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- Seric
-
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Iran.
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- seti-
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Orth.
-
- Necho
-
noun,
Prince of Sais and Prince of Memphis, flourished 633? b.c, chief of the Egyptian delta lords (father of Psamtik I).
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- 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.
- terr.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- nears
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- span-
-
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sito-
-
- 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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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 .
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- acpt.
-
- Esth.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- ESPEC
-
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- acro-
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- noct-
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- tears
-
- 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.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tech.
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- erron
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- actos
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Epis.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Neth.
-
- aero-
-
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Epist
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Ephes
-
- rhin-
-
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shirr
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- Episc
-
- teno-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Sino-
-
- troch
-
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- 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.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- aeri-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- shpt.
-
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- epoch
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- pant-
-
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Cons.
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- thio-
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Isth.
-
- Cohen
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- peri-
-
- Cohan
-
noun,
George M(ichael) 1878–1942, U.S. actor, playwright, and producer.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- acet-
-
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- 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.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- copr-
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Copht
-
noun,
Copt.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- pene-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- 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).
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- petri
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- chops
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- chopa
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- rhet.
-
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Pharr
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- pert.
-
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- rept.
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- cine-
-
- 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.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- peta-
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- sect.
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- part.
-
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- spec.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- 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.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- trop-
-
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- 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.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- naso-
-
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- pari-
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- 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.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- corp.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- nacho
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- patr-
-
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corpn
-
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- 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.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- theo-
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- theor
-
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Theos
-
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- path-
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- tri-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tron
-
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tRNA
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- 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.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RONA
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- ter.
-
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- shr.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tchr
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- thi-
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sra.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- str.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- 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.
- tanh
-
- SPCA
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sch.
-
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rpt.
-
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sci.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- the-
-
- sepn
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- tion
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- scr.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- 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.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- sec.
-
- sech
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- rit.
-
- 1080
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- chs.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Chr.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- not-
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Nah.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- NCTE
-
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neh.
-
- neo-
-
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Neph
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Ont.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- OPer
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cap.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- OAPC
-
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- NTIA
-
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- cene
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- cen.
-
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- Cort
-
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Eph.
-
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- HEAO
-
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- epit
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- epi-
-
- her.
-
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Ens.
-
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- enc.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Eth.
-
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- ence
-
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- cts.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ctr.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- Ire.
-
- Inc.
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- crat
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- iso-
-
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inae
-
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- EEOC
-
- HRIP
-
- ect-
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eco-
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ICSH
-
- 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.
- 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.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- prs.
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- psec
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- psia
-
- aph-
-
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- 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.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- pot.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- arr.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pos.
-
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- ARIS
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- pnea
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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):
- ano-
-
- ance
-
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repr
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- aet.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ACTH
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- acr-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- esp.
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Pan.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- par.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pen.
-
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- perh
-
- Pers
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- pct.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- 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.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- 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.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- phr.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- asc-
-
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pat.
-
- Pet.
-
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Phar
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- 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.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- Tro
-
- EOE
-
- ast
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- 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.
- ACP
-
- CEA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ACS
-
- EPA
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- at.
-
- CAI
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- trp
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- ap-
-
- TSE
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TSH
-
- TSI
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- TSP
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ac-
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- ATC
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- ERP
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ene
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Ar.
-
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- an.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ARS
-
- ASR
-
- CST
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- THC
-
- CTA
-
- ASN
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- TIA
-
- APS
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tr.
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- tra
-
- ASI
-
- th-
-
- 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.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CIP
-
- ase
-
- CIE
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- CPS
-
- CIA
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CPA
-
- CPI
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AHE
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ANC
-
- EEC
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EEO
-
- tph
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Ehr
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ECA
-
- CEO
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- eir
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- TPI
-
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- APC
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Tpr
-
- 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.
- 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.
- aor
-
- TPN
-
- TRH
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- INH
-
- ESR
-
- OTS
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- SHA
-
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- ote
-
- pt.
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- Ps.
-
- PTO
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PHA
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- 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.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- 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).
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- PHS
-
- OAP
-
- sht
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- OAS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- OTC
-
- shp
-
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONI
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPA
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- sho
-
- OCR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NSA
-
- RSE
-
- RCA
-
- 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.
- RPO
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- RCT
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RCN
-
- REA
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- RNA
-
- RNR
-
- ROA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- 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.
- ROP
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- SAE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- POR
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- POA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PRC
-
- PIO
-
- SCP
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- se-
-
- PRA
-
- sc.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Re.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- RCS
-
- PSA
-
- RCP
-
- SAR
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- NSC
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NRC
-
- IHS
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ier
-
- IHP
-
- in.
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- iph
-
- IPA
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- SPR
-
- IOC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NRA
-
- Sr.
-
- ine
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- HRE
-
- STI
-
- ipr
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- hr.
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- STP
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HCR
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- IPO
-
- spt
-
- IPS
-
- NIA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Ir.
-
- 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:
- NHA
-
- NHI
-
- NHS
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIH
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- NOP
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- IRO
-
- ITA
-
- ish
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ITC
-
- ISA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IRC
-
- NCO
-
- IRS
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RP
-
- OA
-
- IP
-
- SN
-
- TN
-
- h.
-
- HP
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- AO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- O.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TC
-
- TP
-
- RO
-
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- NI
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- RN
-
- NC
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- 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.
- RH
-
- RI
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- CE
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- NH
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- EI
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- NP
-
- ee
-
- PH
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.