Anagrams of treponemiasis
Word treponemiasis has
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- impersonates
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verb (used with object),
to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be:
- impersonate
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verb (used with object),
to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be:
- parsimonies
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noun,
extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- monasteries
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noun,
a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- patrimonies
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noun,
an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- permission
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noun,
authorization granted to do something; formal consent:
- epinasties
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noun,
(especially of leaves) increased growth on the upper surface of an organ or part, causing it to bend downward.
- spearmints
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- Peronistas
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noun,
Peronist.
- treponemas
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noun,
any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- asperities
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noun,
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony:
- isometries
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noun,
equality of measure.
- sarmentose
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adjective,
having runners.
- impression
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noun,
a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- Meissonier
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noun,
Jean Louis Ernest [zhahn lwee er-nest] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1815–91, French painter.
- patisserie
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noun,
a shop where pastry, especially French pastry, is made and sold.
- enormities
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noun,
outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness:
- interposes
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- seminaries
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noun,
a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- semainiers
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noun,
a chest of the 18th century having seven long drawers: originally meant to hold a week's supply of clothing.
- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- masteries
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noun,
command or grasp, as of a subject:
- protamine
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noun,
any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- Simeonite
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noun,
a member of the Israelite tribe of Simeon.
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- Neisseria
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noun,
any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- nepotisms
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noun,
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
- neoterism
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noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Masterson
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noun,
William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer.
- amnesties
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noun,
a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- sinistro-
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- 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.
- esoterism
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noun,
esotericism.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- proteases
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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.
- 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.
- Romanists
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- prosimian
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noun,
a prosimian animal.
- emersions
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- semitones
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- monitress
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noun,
a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- semainier
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noun,
a chest of the 18th century having seven long drawers: originally meant to hold a week's supply of clothing.
- patroness
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noun,
a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- senoritas
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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.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- 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.
- passerine
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adjective,
of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- passement
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noun,
a garment trimming of gold, silver, linen, or silk thread.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- saponites
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- topiaries
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noun,
topiary work; the topiary art.
- misprints
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noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- Parseeism
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noun,
the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- misorient
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verb (used with object),
to orient wrongly or improperly.
- transpose
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noun,
Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
- peristome
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noun,
Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Serpentis
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noun,
genitive of Serpens.
- Massorete
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noun,
Masorete.
- promisees
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noun,
a person to whom a promise is made.
- spermato-
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- spearmint
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- imprisons
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as if in a prison.
- osmeteria
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noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- Treponema
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noun,
any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- 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.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- aspersion
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noun,
a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander:
- impassion
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verb (used with object),
to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- Impatiens
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impsonite
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noun,
a black variety of asphaltite with a jagged fracture.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- orpiments
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- spermines
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noun,
a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- pimientos
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noun,
the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- isoprenes
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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.
- pinasters
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- trisomies
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noun,
an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
- amenities
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noun,
an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility:
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- 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.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- Petrinism
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noun,
the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- ptomaines
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- masonries
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noun,
the craft or occupation of a mason.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- sportsmen
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noun,
a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportsman
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noun,
a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- remission
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noun,
the act of remitting.
- steersman
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noun,
a person who steers a ship; helmsman.
- Teiresias
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noun,
Tiresias.
- atropisms
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noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- isomerase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- tampions
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- mortises
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- M-series
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noun,
See under M-line.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- semipros
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adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- seamster
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- reposits
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- emprises
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noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- temperas
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- emission
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noun,
an act or instance of emitting:
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- atropism
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noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- atropine
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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.
- nepotism
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noun,
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
- response
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noun,
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- Responsa
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noun,
the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- respites
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- emersion
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- ripostes
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- epitomes
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noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- enmities
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noun,
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
- stearins
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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.
- stasimon
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noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- manropes
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- Somerset
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- steamers
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- steapsin
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noun,
the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- maintops
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noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- Masonite
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- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- Massenet
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noun,
Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- masseter
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noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- estrones
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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.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- maestros
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- imprison
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as if in a prison.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- spiremes
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noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- spirants
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- stampers
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- spinster
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- imprints
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noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- spearmen
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noun,
a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- imprests
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impresas
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- isoprene
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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.
- importee
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noun,
an imported person or thing.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- spermine
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noun,
a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
- impastes
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- meionite
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noun,
a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium.
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- epitasis
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noun,
the part of an ancient drama, following the protasis, in which the main action is developed.
Compare catastasis, catastrophe (def 4), protasis.
- misprise
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verb (used with object),
misprize.
- episomes
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- misspent
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adjective,
spent wrongly or unwisely; wasted:
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- septimes
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noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- moieties
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noun,
a half.
- seriemas
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- moistens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- senorita
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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.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- moperies
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noun,
mopish behavior.
- misprint
-
noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- epsomite
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noun,
the natural form of Epsom salt, Mg 2 SO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, found as a crust in caves and lake deposits.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Messiaen
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noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- estampie
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noun,
a medieval dance and instrumental form, in several repeated sections, associated chiefly with the trouvères.
- essonite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- meropias
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noun,
partial blindness.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- espartos
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- Messenia
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noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- sinapism
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noun,
mustard plaster.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- simonies
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noun,
the making of profit out of sacred things.
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- Minorite
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noun,
Friar Minor.
- minsters
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- erasions
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- operants
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- inspires
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- posterns
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- ameiosis
-
noun,
aberrant meiosis in which only an equational division occurs, as in parthenogenesis.
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- amorists
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- protasis
-
noun,
the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if.
Compare apodosis.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- primines
-
noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- pietisms
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noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- airtimes
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- pimentos
-
noun,
pimiento.
- Piemonte
-
noun,
Italian name of Piedmont.
- airiness
-
noun,
openness to the air:
- protease
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- Peterson
-
noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- pimiento
-
noun,
the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- Primates
-
noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- pinaster
-
noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pineries
-
noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- prenames
-
noun,
given name.
- transoms
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- promises
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- Peterman
-
noun,
a safecracker.
- pastries
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- pasterns
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pianisms
-
noun,
the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- promisee
-
noun,
a person to whom a promise is made.
- amitosis
-
noun,
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- treasons
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- tiresome
-
adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- premiate
-
verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- parities
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- Paterson
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- pianists
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- Tiresias
-
noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- amniotes
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- 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.
- prosaism
-
noun,
prosaic character or style.
- prosaist
-
noun,
a person who writes prose.
- pristine
-
adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- piasters
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- trisomes
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- painters
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Personae
-
noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- orpiment
-
noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Asnieres
-
noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- aspirins
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- pressmen
-
noun,
a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- pentoses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- Poitiers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- traipses
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Pressman
-
noun,
a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- personas
-
noun,
a person.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- tropisms
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- Pointers
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Ansermet
-
noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- permeant
-
adjective,
permeating; pervading.
- tropines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Peronism
-
noun,
the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- Piranesi
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- ptomaine
-
noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- 11-point
-
- presents
-
noun,
the present time.
- pioneers
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- persians
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- raiments
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Ossetian
-
noun,
an Osset.
- antimere
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- pismires
-
noun,
an ant.
- Peronist
-
noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- rampions
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- anemosis
-
noun,
wind shake (def 1).
- peteman
-
noun,
peterman.
- persist
-
verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- metopes
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- simpers
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- premise
-
noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- Simpson
-
noun,
James Young, 1811–70, Scottish professor of obstetrics and obstetrician: pioneer in use of ether and chloroform as anesthetics.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- merisis
-
noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- pesetas
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- sinopis
-
noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- pesters
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- Persson
-
noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- Meissen
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- meiosis
-
noun,
Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid.
Compare mitosis.
- Meropes
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- meinies
-
noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- prename
-
noun,
given name.
- Messier
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- spinets
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- isation
-
- isatins
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- pismire
-
noun,
an ant.
- spinors
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- pissant
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
- pissoir
-
noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- spinose
-
adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- poisers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- isomers
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- pitmans
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- spireas
-
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.
- spireme
-
noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- spirits
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- sprains
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- spriest
-
adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- sprints
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- poesies
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- poiesis
-
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- insteps
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- pianism
-
noun,
the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- soapers
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- praises
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- simians
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- manrope
-
noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- isospin
-
noun,
isotopic spin.
- potsies
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- Pierian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- maintop
-
noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Pietism
-
noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- postmen
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- Postman
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- posters
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Spenser
-
noun,
Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- Pimento
-
noun,
pimiento.
- spermo-
-
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- ripieno
-
noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- ptisans
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- inspire
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- 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.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rossini
-
noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- pansies
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- paresis
-
noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sapiens
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- prostas
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- nemato-
-
- Nemesis
-
noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- Sampson
-
noun,
Deborah, 1760–1827, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier who fought disguised as a man.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- Samoset
-
noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- 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.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- sapotes
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- remises
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Rameses
-
noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- rampion
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- ramsons
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ransoms
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- priests
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- primine
-
noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- mitosis
-
noun,
the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- serapes
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Serapis
-
noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- misstep
-
noun,
a wrong step.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- mission
-
noun,
a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- penises
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- primsie
-
adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- Permian
-
noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- presets
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Siemens
-
noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- Siamese
-
noun,
a native of Siam.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- 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.
- Serpens
-
noun,
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda) with Ophiuchus in between.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- serines
-
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;
- misease
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- prestos
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- septime
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- 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.
- Passion
-
noun,
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- semaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- seismo-
-
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- 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.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- pasters
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- senoras
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- prisons
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- patsies
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- Prissie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Patmore
-
noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- pasties
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- pastose
-
adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- poetess
-
noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- sprites
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- 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.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- aristo-
-
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- 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.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- stepson
-
noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- stereo-
-
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- timpani
-
noun,
a set of kettledrums, especially as used in an orchestra or band.
- 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.
- arseno-
-
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- sterno-
-
- esprits
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- stimies
-
noun,
stymie.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- impairs
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- amperes
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- 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.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- 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.
- stearo-
-
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stemson
-
noun,
a curved timber in a wooden bow, scarfed at its lower end to the keelson.
- Stimson
-
noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- stripes
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- 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.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entero-
-
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- tapemen
-
noun,
a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- Tampere
-
noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Emerson
-
noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- empties
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- emprise
-
noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- EMPRESS
-
noun,
a female ruler of an empire.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- tampons
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- Empirin
-
- tampion
-
noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- asperse
-
verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- epitome
-
noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- aspires
-
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):
- aspirin
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stopers
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- 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.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- eonisms
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- episome
-
noun,
bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- epimers
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- tempers
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- tempera
-
noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- inseams
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- impones
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- imposes
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- impress
-
noun,
the act of impressing.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Imperia
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Italy.
- impers.
-
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- imprint
-
noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- imposts
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- impasse
-
noun,
a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- impasto
-
noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- transp.
-
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- stamin-
-
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- 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.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- 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.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- nemat-
-
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- 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.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- 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.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- satins
-
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.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- sapro-
-
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- 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.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- sapors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- tarso-
-
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- aeron.
-
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- 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.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rosins
-
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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- 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.
- 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.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- 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.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- 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.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- patri-
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- AmerSp
-
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- passim
-
adverb,
here and there: used in bibliographic references to indicate that the writer has drawn upon material scattered throughout the source cited.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- 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.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- anemo-
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- 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.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- penta-
-
- petro-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- amino-
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- aniso-
-
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- aspens
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- 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):
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- amnios
-
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ptero-
-
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- potass
-
noun,
potash.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- 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.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- 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.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Pamiri
-
noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- arsen-
-
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- 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.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- steres
-
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- steno-
-
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- masto-
-
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matri-
-
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Merope
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- stomps
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- mesons
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- Metope
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- metro-
-
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spiro-
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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.
- 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.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- Stamps
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- sports
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- sprits
-
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.
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- sprats
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- somni-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Somers
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- somat-
-
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- iatro-
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- Spears
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- sperms
-
noun,
semen.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- sperm-
-
- imper.
-
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- MAeroE
-
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- septi-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- 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.
- enter-
-
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- 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;
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- 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:
- strops
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- 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.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- 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.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- 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.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- 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.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- trop-
-
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spasm
-
noun,
Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- samps
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- 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.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- 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.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- span-
-
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- 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.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- prim.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- 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.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- pret.
-
- 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.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- prem.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- post-
-
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- 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.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- 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.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- spor-
-
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Port.
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- 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):
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- poss.
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- saris
-
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.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- semi-
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spies
-
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- prae-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Sans.
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sanit
-
- treas
-
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- temp.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- simps
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- resp.
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- term.
-
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Sino-
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- teno-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- seti-
-
- 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.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- reni-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- stome
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- tera-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- rept.
-
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- step-
-
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- pron.
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- prom.
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- soaps
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- 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.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- tonia
-
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- 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.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- pros.
-
- snaps
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- 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.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- tears
-
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- sito-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Prot.
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- 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.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- mast-
-
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- anti-
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- ante-
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atmo-
-
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meno-
-
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- ation
-
- matr-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- anis-
-
- astr.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- opsis
-
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- 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.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- OPers
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- ition
-
- 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.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- anim.
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- omni-
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- MSEnt
-
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- miso-
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- 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.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- assn.
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- asst.
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- MPers
-
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areo-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mini-
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- naso-
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- poet.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Armen
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- nears
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- metr-
-
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- patr-
-
- imit.
-
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Iran.
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- IATSE
-
- pene-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- 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.
- part.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- pant-
-
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pass.
-
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- 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.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- peri-
-
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- init.
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- 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.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- 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.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- 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.
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- 30-30
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- ento-
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- 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).
- 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 .
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peta-
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- 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.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- 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.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- Mont.
-
- Amer.
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- inst.
-
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- insep
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- oste-
-
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- intr.
-
- aero-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- insp.
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- MIPS
-
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- ASSR
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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 = .
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- ISSN
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- min.
-
- est.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ESIS
-
- iso-
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- esp.
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- eso-
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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).
- sepn
-
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Ens.
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- 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.
- 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.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Ire.
-
- 1080
-
- str.
-
- epit
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- epi-
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Tasm
-
- 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.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- 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.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- MNAS
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ter.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Mar.
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- SMTP
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ates
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- SMSA
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Imp.
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- ins.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- atm.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 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.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- 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.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- emia
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- EMet
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- 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.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- inae
-
- ator
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Emp.
-
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- int.
-
- met.
-
- 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.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- 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.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- ASTM
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- itis
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- mes-
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- SRAM
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Man.
-
- Sra.
-
- Ste.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- ment
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MEPA
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- pot.
-
- opia
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- amp.
-
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Ont.
-
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- amt.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- ano-
-
- 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.
- NTIA
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- ANSI
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- ant.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- 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.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- pos.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Rep.
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- 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.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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.
- 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.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- Pers
-
- 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.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- pam.
-
- pat.
-
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- aer-
-
- psia
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pet.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- 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.
- 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.
- prin
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- tron
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- 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.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tri-
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- AISI
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- 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.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- osis
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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).
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- tRNA
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- 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.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- aet.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- AIME
-
- pts.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- pre-
-
- Aire
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- nos-
-
- not-
-
- RIIA
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- SASE
-
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- MSTS
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- MSPE
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- ARIS
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- neem
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Arm.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- tion
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sem.
-
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- ASME
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- MOpt
-
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- 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.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- MSIE
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- MSEE
-
- 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.
- art.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- MSAE
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- mRNA
-
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- pnea
-
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- 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.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- 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):
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- Sam.
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Nor.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- rit.
-
- 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.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RONA
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Apr.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- 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.
- rpt.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIRA
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- en-
-
- an.
-
- trp
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ene
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ap-
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- EMT
-
- Ar.
-
- Am.
-
- ae.
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- EMR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- aor
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- at.
-
- 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.
- APS
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- TMO
-
- tr.
-
- 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.
- ast
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ase
-
- TIA
-
- ASI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Tpr
-
- ATP
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EIS
-
- Tro
-
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AME
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- 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.
- 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.
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- AMS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tra
-
- 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.
- NSA
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- ROP
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- NOP
-
- 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.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OAP
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- OSA
-
- 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.
- op.
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- NIA
-
- 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:
- OIt
-
- Ep.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SAR
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MTS
-
- NEA
-
- MTP
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- ne-
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- RPM
-
- rte
-
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- OIr
-
- Om.
-
- MSI
-
- PTO
-
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- pt.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMA
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- RPS
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- PMT
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- POR
-
- 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.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- PRA
-
- 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:
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- REA
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OPM
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- OPA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- OTA
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ose
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- MSN
-
- TSS
-
- se-
-
- Me.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- io-
-
- ist
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- IRO
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- ETO
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- STI
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- IRS
-
- Ir.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ss.
-
- ine
-
- Sta
-
- ier
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- IAS
-
- SSE
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SSA
-
- SRS
-
- IPS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- SPR
-
- Ia.
-
- IPA
-
- IPM
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- in.
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Mao
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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).
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- 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.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MPA
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- MPE
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- STP
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- EPA
-
- MRP
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SMA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ERP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEP
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ERT
-
- mi.
-
- STM
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MIP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- MIT
-
- SMS
-
- AO
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- T1
-
- i.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- t.
-
- M.
-
- RI
-
- S.
-
- SN
-
- NM
-
- RP
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TN
-
- MN
-
- TM
-
- RO
-
- SA
-
- SM
-
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RN
-
- 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.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- IP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TP
-
- ee
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MP
-
- OA
-
- EI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- NP
-