Anagrams of tumplines
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- tumpline
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noun,
a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- impetus
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noun,
a moving force; impulse; stimulus:
- minuets
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noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- punties
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noun,
an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- Miletus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- lupines
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- lumpens
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noun,
a lumpen individual or group.
- lineups
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noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- plenums
-
noun,
the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- impulse
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noun,
the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.:
- imputes
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verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- spinule
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noun,
a small spine.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- stipule
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noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- minutes
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- n-tuple
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noun,
a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- pinetum
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noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- unpiles
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verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- penults
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noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- uptimes
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noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- penult
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noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- linums
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noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- spinel
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- pileum
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noun,
the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- muslin
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noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- lineup
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noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- splen-
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- limpet
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- lumens
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noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splint
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- Lieut.
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- letups
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noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- pensil
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noun,
pencel.
- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- sunlit
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adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- supine
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noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- litmus
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noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- lumpen
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noun,
a lumpen individual or group.
- lumine
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verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- septum
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noun,
a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
- Piutes
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noun,
Paiute.
- plenum
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noun,
the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- pintle
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- plumes
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noun,
a feather.
- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- puisne
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noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- minute
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- minuet
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noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- muesli
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noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- multi-
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- septi-
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- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- pitmen
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- set-up
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noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- telium
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- simple
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noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- sit-up
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noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- munite
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verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- lutein
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- Pilsen
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noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- lupine
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- pileus
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noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- numis.
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- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- insult
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noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- tie-up
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noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- impute
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verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- impels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- unites
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unpile
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verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- unstep
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verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- uptime
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noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- semi-
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- TUNIS
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Sept.
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- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- miens
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noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- slipt
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noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- tules
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noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- lumps
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noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- lunes
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noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Milne
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noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- punts
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noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- milts
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noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Mines
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noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- ileum
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noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- Metis
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noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- slipe
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noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- etuis
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noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- tunes
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noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- seti-
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- setup
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noun,
organization; arrangement.
- lunts
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noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- tumps
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noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- mints
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noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Melun
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- melts
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- simul
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- Siple
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- tempi
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noun,
a plural of tempo.
- tulip
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- slept
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slime
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noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- pulse
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- temps
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noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- Epist
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- mutes
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noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- untie
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verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- until
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conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- upset
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noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- Musil
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noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- elint
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- piles
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noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- pilus
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noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- utile
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adjective,
useful.
- neut.
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- penis
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pelts
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noun,
the act of pelting.
- Nimes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- 30-30
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- pilum
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noun,
a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
- unset
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adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Epis.
-
- Plume
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noun,
a feather.
- minus
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noun,
minus sign.
- Tupis
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noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- pulis
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noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- pules
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verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- ulent
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- mites
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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.
- emuls
-
- Pinel
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noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- MSEnt
-
- Unit.
-
- Piute
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noun,
Paiute.
- unite
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- piste
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- emits
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Pines
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noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- spent
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Lumen
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noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- inept
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adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Linus
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- impel
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verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- tiles
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noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- suint
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noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- limps
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noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- stupe
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noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- stump
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noun,
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- spite
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noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- limns
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verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- istle
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- limen
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- input
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noun,
something that is put in.
- insep
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- inst.
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- stipe
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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.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- spume
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noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- stime
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stile
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noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- insp.
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- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Lepus
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noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- step-
-
- spine
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Linum
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noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- spilt
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noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- sluit
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noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- temp.
-
- Slump
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noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- temin
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noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- smile
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noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- snipe
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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.
- spelt
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noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- Supt.
-
- letup
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noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- 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.
- Pet.
-
- tel-
-
- stem
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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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pil-
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- 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.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- ten.
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- Pen.
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- 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.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- 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.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- uni-
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- 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.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- SMTP
-
- Tues
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- Ste.
-
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- pts.
-
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- sepn
-
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Sem.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 1080
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- men-
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- ment
-
- lip-
-
- min.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- MIPS
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- met.
-
- mes-
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- epi-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- epit
-
- Ens.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- enl.
-
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Imp.
-
- ins.
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- int.
-
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- intl
-
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- mun.
-
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- 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.
- mus.
-
- MSPE
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- mult
-
- MSIE
-
- 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.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- pm.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- MNE
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- 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.
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TPI
-
- TPM
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ise
-
- IPM
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- STL
-
- STM
-
- STP
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Lt.
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- IUS
-
- ium
-
- IPS
-
- 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.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- ite
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ist
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isl
-
- TSE
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TPN
-
- Tu.
-
- TSI
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- unp
-
- Npt
-
- NMU
-
- uns
-
- NMI
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- up-
-
- UMT
-
- UPI
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USM
-
- USN
-
- USP
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- EIS
-
- uti
-
- Une
-
- NSU
-
- TSP
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tue
-
- il-
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ITU
-
- eu-
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- ETS
-
- ESU
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NUM
-
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- ESL
-
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- NUL
-
- Ep.
-
- UIT
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- ult
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- MTI
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MST
-
- MIE
-
- 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.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Mt.
-
- MEP
-
- mtn
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- MTP
-
- MTS
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- STI
-
- MSL
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SLE
-
- pli
-
- MLS
-
- ml.
-
- PMT
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- MIT
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- MNS
-
- MPE
-
- se-
-
- MSE
-
- MIP
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- pl.
-
- MSI
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- MSN
-
- Sp.
-
- Me.
-
- 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.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ne-
-
- 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:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- LIM
-
- spt
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SNU
-
- NES
-
- LMT
-
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- lpm
-
- St.
-
- 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:
- MUP
-
- SLP
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- LST
-
- Les
-
- lep
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- EI
-
- L.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SU
-
- NM
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- MN
-
- NL
-
- NP
-
- PU
-
- M.
-
- UL
-
- S.
-
- ln
-
- TL
-
- TM
-
- TN
-
- TP
-
- MP
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- i.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IP
-
- SL
-
- SN
-
- LM
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- T1
-
- U.
-
- UI
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- SM
-
- le
-