Anagrams of upperclassman
Word upperclassman has
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- upper-class
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noun,
a class of people above the middle class, having the highest social rank or standing based on wealth, family connections, and the like.
- Paracelsus
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noun,
Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- parlances
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noun,
a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom:
- scalepans
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noun,
scale2 (def 2).
- assurance
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noun,
a positive declaration intended to give confidence:
- scapulars
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
- Capernaum
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noun,
an ancient site in N Israel, on the Sea of Galilee: center of Jesus' ministry in Galilee.
- Pampeluna
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noun,
Pamplona.
- applauses
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noun,
hand clapping as a demonstration of approval, appreciation, acclamation, or the like.
- purslanes
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noun,
a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb.
Compare purslane family.
- pancreas
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noun,
a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- samplers
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noun,
a person who samples.
- plumpers
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noun,
an act of falling heavily; a plumping.
- lacunars
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noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- plumpens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become plump.
- Capaneus
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noun,
one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
- mensural
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adjective,
pertaining to measure.
- saracens
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- encarpus
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noun,
an ornament having draperies, weapons, etc., arranged in the manner of a festoon.
- paenulas
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noun,
a long, circular cloak, sleeveless and often hooded, worn by the poorer classes in ancient Rome.
- scalenus
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noun,
any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- scalares
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noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- capsules
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noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- caramels
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noun,
a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
- saucepan
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noun,
a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- enclasps
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verb (used with object),
to hold in or as in a clasp or embrace.
- capsular
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adjective,
of, in, or like a capsule.
- caesuras
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noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- campuses
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noun,
the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- manacles
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noun,
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- appulses
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noun,
energetic motion toward a point.
- applause
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noun,
hand clapping as a demonstration of approval, appreciation, acclamation, or the like.
- purslane
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noun,
a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb.
Compare purslane family.
- massacre
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noun,
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- apparels
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noun,
clothing, especially outerwear; garments; attire; raiment.
- Spruance
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noun,
Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- specular
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adjective,
pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- manscape
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verb (used with or without object),
(of a man) to remove (unwanted body hair other than scalp hair) by waxing, shaving, etc.:
- Spearman
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noun,
a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- Pressman
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noun,
a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- lupanars
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noun,
a brothel; whorehouse.
- sunlamps
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noun,
a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
- lucarnes
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noun,
a dormer window.
- press-up
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noun,
push-up.
- spancels
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noun,
a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, especially a horse or cow.
- Superman
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noun,
a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supernal
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adjective,
being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- spaceman
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noun,
an astronaut.
- salesman
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noun,
a man who sells goods, services, etc.
- scalepan
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noun,
scale2 (def 2).
- cleanups
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noun,
the act or process of cleaning up.
- clappers
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noun,
a person who applauds.
- claspers
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- scrapple
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noun,
cornmeal mush mixed with pork scraps, seasoned with onions, spices, herbs, etc., and shaped into loaves and sliced for frying.
- perusals
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noun,
a reading:
- scapulas
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noun,
Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
- clampers
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noun,
a clamp; pincer.
- scapular
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
- parlance
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noun,
a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom:
- placeman
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noun,
a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
- scruples
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noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- crumples
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noun,
an irregular fold or wrinkle produced by crumpling.
- scampers
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noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- scaupers
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- scaleups
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noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- unclamps
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verb (used with object),
to undo the clamps of:
- ceramals
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noun,
cermet.
- Parmesan
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adjective,
of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- scuppers
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noun,
Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges.
Compare freeing port.
- seculars
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noun,
a layperson.
- unclasps
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verb (used with object),
to undo the clasp or clasps of; unfasten.
- lupanar
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noun,
a brothel; whorehouse.
- lumpers
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noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- crumple
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noun,
an irregular fold or wrinkle produced by crumpling.
- lumpens
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noun,
a lumpen individual or group.
- rumples
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noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- scrapes
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- lucarne
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noun,
a dormer window.
- runless
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adjective,
without having scored a run; without runs:
- clamper
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noun,
a clamp; pincer.
- cesuras
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noun,
caesura.
- maculas
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noun,
a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- spancel
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noun,
a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, especially a horse or cow.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- macules
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noun,
mackle.
- spruces
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noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- cleanup
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noun,
the act or process of cleaning up.
- rappels
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noun,
(in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- Arcanum
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noun,
Often, arcana. a secret; mystery.
- rascals
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noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- Clurman
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noun,
Harold (Edgar) 1901–80, U.S. theatrical director, author, and critic.
- masseur
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noun,
a man who provides massage as a profession or occupation.
- scupper
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noun,
Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges.
Compare freeing port.
- Massena
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noun,
a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- Marcuse
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noun,
Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- recusal
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noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- marcels
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noun,
a marcelling.
- armless
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adjective,
lacking an arm or arms:
- scruple
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noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- Marceau
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noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1923–2007, French actor and mime.
- manures
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noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- Laurens
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noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- Clapper
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noun,
a person who applauds.
- manacle
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noun,
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- screams
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- snapper
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noun,
any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
- calesas
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noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- launces
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noun,
sand lance.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Saracen
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- cassena
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noun,
dahoon.
- cappers
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noun,
a person or thing that caps.
- sarapes
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noun,
serape.
- capsule
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noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- scapula
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noun,
Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
- sarcasm
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noun,
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- escarps
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- caramel
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noun,
a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
- earlaps
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noun,
earflap.
- Sapulpa
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noun,
a city in E central Oklahoma.
- saucers
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- enclasp
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verb (used with object),
to hold in or as in a clasp or embrace.
- scamper
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noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- Carmela
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noun,
a female given name, form of Carmel.
- encamps
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verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- saurels
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noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- scalare
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noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- scaleup
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noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- scalers
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- carpale
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noun,
any of the bones of the wrist.
- casuals
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noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- sappers
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noun,
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- caesars
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- ceramal
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noun,
cermet.
- caesura
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noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- calamus
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noun,
the sweet flag, Acorus calamus.
- carpals
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noun,
a carpale.
- lascars
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noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- lappers
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noun,
a person or thing that laps liquid.
- peplums
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noun,
a short full flounce or an extension of a garment below the waist, covering the hips.
- cameral
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adjective,
of or relating to a judicial or legislative chamber or the privacy of such a chamber.
- lancers
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noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- campers
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noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- sampans
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noun,
any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single scull over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.
- lampers
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noun,
lampas.
- scauper
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- sampler
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noun,
a person who samples.
- samples
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noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- canapes
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noun,
a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
- slap-up
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adjective,
excellent; first-rate:
- lacunas
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noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- scleras
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- sensual
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adjective,
pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- lacunar
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noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- canular
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adjective,
cannular.
- canulas
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noun,
cannula.
- ranulas
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noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Erasmus
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noun,
Desiderius [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] /ˌdɛs ɪˈdɪər i əs/ (Show IPA), 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.
- sucrase
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noun,
invertase.
- nuclear
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noun,
nuclear energy:
- palmers
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- plasmas
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noun,
Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- almuces
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noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- paenula
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noun,
a long, circular cloak, sleeveless and often hooded, worn by the poorer classes in ancient Rome.
- plenums
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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.
- plumpen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become plump.
- surname
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noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- plumper
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noun,
an act of falling heavily; a plumping.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- numeral
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noun,
a word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number; number:
- Ameslan
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noun,
American Sign Language.
- Alcaeus
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noun,
flourished c600 b.c, Greek poet of Mytilene.
- pneumas
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noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- prances
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- ampules
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noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- supples
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adjective,
bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible:
- preamps
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noun,
a preamplifier.
- nauseas
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noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- Ancaeus
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noun,
a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo.
- nappers
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noun,
a textile worker who naps cloth.
- anlaces
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noun,
anelace.
- superl.
-
- napalms
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noun,
a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- pampers
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verb (used with object),
to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care:
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- sunlamp
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noun,
a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
- placers
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- percuss
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verb (used with object),
Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- Perlman
-
noun,
Itzhak [ee-tsahk,, it-zahk] /ˈi tsɑk,, ˈɪt zɑk/ (Show IPA), born 1945, U.S. violinist, born in Israel.
- perusal
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noun,
a reading:
- paupers
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noun,
a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- Pescara
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noun,
a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- usances
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noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- pascals
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noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- parsecs
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- upscale
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Uppsala
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noun,
a city in SE Sweden.
- unseams
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verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- alarums
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noun,
alarm.
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- unseals
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verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- Paramus
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- acumens
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- unlaces
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- papules
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noun,
a small, somewhat pointed elevation of the skin, usually inflammatory but nonsuppurative.
- unclasp
-
verb (used with object),
to undo the clasp or clasps of; unfasten.
- unclamp
-
verb (used with object),
to undo the clamps of:
- uncases
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- papuans
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of New Guinea or Papua New Guinea.
- plancer
-
noun,
the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- Nampula
-
noun,
a city in E Mozambique.
- asarums
-
noun,
the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.
- appeals
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noun,
an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- apparel
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noun,
clothing, especially outerwear; garments; attire; raiment.
- puranas
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noun,
any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- mess-up
-
noun,
a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.
- Raamses
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noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- appears
-
verb (used without object),
to come into sight; become visible:
- mescals
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noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- purples
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noun,
any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- pumpers
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noun,
a person or thing that pumps.
- ape-man
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noun,
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- appulse
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noun,
energetic motion toward a point.
- muscles
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noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- pulsars
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- Scales
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noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- mascle
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noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- macers
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noun,
macebearer.
- papula
-
noun,
one of the small, ciliated projections of the body wall of an echinoderm, serving for respiration and excretion.
- papule
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noun,
a small, somewhat pointed elevation of the skin, usually inflammatory but nonsuppurative.
- scamps
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noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- rassle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- earlap
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noun,
earflap.
- purses
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- scapes
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- Parcae
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- Pamela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- plasma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- palpus
-
noun,
an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- peplus
-
noun,
peplos.
- saunas
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- plasm-
-
- pampas
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- Papuan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of New Guinea or Papua New Guinea.
- pamper
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care:
- purple
-
noun,
any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- encamp
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- Marcus
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- scarps
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- curses
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- melan-
-
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- scrums
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- pauper
-
noun,
a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- pauses
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- sculp.
-
- sculps
-
verb (used with object),
to sculpture; carve or model.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- clumps
-
noun,
a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- peplum
-
noun,
a short full flounce or an extension of a garment below the waist, covering the hips.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Pascal
-
noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scaups
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- cupper
-
noun,
a person who performs the procedure of cupping.
- cuppas
-
noun,
a cup of tea.
- cupels
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Cumana
-
noun,
a seaport in N Venezuela.
- scler-
-
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- rappen
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- parpen
-
noun,
perpend1 .
- crumps
-
noun,
a crunching sound.
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- rappel
-
noun,
(in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- Palmer
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- lemurs
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- Lemass
-
noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- muscle
-
noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- salpas
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Nassau
-
noun,
a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
- 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.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- malars
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- preamp
-
noun,
a preamplifier.
- nappes
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- sacrum
-
noun,
a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- larums
-
noun,
alarum.
- lumens
-
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.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- lumper
-
noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- lumpen
-
noun,
a lumpen individual or group.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- napalm
-
noun,
a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- macula
-
noun,
a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
- mussel
-
noun,
any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae.
- rumple
-
noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- macule
-
noun,
mackle.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- napper
-
noun,
a textile worker who naps cloth.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- lapsus
-
noun,
a slip or lapse.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Manuel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- plumes
-
noun,
a feather.
- Samuel
-
noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- sapper
-
noun,
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- pleura
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- pleur-
-
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- plenum
-
noun,
the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- lacuna
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- Plauen
-
noun,
a city in E Germany.
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- palace
-
noun,
the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
- Purana
-
noun,
any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- palmar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in or on the palm of the hand or to the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal.
- Palmas
-
noun,
Las. Las Palmas.
- Samsun
-
noun,
a city in N Turkey, in Asia.
- manual
-
noun,
a small book, especially one giving information or instructions:
- lapses
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- pulsar
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- murals
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- lapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that laps liquid.
- sampan
-
noun,
any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single scull over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- pumper
-
noun,
a person or thing that pumps.
- pneuma
-
noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- Manaus
-
noun,
Manáos.
- lampas
-
noun,
congestion of the mucous membrane of the hard palate of horses.
- pluses
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- Lamesa
-
noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- pulses
-
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.
- Rameau
-
noun,
Jean Philippe [zhahn fee-leep] /ʒɑ̃ fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1683–1764, French composer and musical theorist.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- plumps
-
noun,
a heavy or sudden fall.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- canula
-
noun,
cannula.
- supra-
-
- capper
-
noun,
a person or thing that caps.
- ampule
-
noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Supple
-
adjective,
bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible:
- amurca
-
noun,
the lees or sediment of olive oil.
- supper
-
noun,
the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- canape
-
noun,
a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
- supers
-
noun,
Informal.
a superintendent, especially of an apartment house.
supermarket.
supernumerary.
supervisor.
- campus
-
noun,
the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- super-
-
- slumps
-
noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- AmerSp
-
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- Caspar
-
noun,
one of the three Magi.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Casals
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
- almuce
-
noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- Carmel
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- carpal
-
noun,
a carpale.
- alumna
-
noun,
a woman who is a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- Carnap
-
noun,
Rudolf P. 1891–1970, U.S. philosopher, born in Germany.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- camass
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- anuses
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- 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.
- spumes
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- sprues
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- spruce
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- assume
-
verb (used with object),
to take for granted or without proof:
Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- splen-
-
- sperms
-
noun,
semen.
- sperm-
-
- arsen-
-
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Asarum
-
noun,
the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.
- 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.
- Assuan
-
noun,
Aswan.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- slurps
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- sumacs
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- Caelum
-
noun,
the Sculptor's Tool, or Chisel, a small southern constellation between Columba and Eridanus.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- spurns
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- appals
-
verb (used with object),
appall.
- appeal
-
noun,
an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- appear
-
verb (used without object),
to come into sight; become visible:
- appels
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- spaces
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- uppers
-
noun,
the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- census
-
noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- causal
-
adjective,
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- uncaps
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- clamps
-
noun,
a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- class.
-
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- sensum
-
noun,
sense datum (def 1).
- cleans
-
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- Aeacus
-
noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- Upsala
-
noun,
Uppsala.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- clasps
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- unless
-
conjunction,
except under the circumstances that:
- casual
-
noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- alarum
-
noun,
alarm.
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- 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.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- 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.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parma
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- pulse
-
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.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- pumas
-
noun,
cougar.
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- uran-
-
- pumps
-
noun,
an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- pupas
-
noun,
an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- appal
-
verb (used with object),
appall.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- appar
-
- MPers
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- MNurs
-
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- AAPSS
-
- Appel
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- puses
-
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.
- Apple
-
noun,
the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- 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.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Armen
-
- Arnel
-
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- 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)
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- spec.
-
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- Reaum
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- pass.
-
- Paula
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Paul.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- Maura
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- masc.
-
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- mural
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Papen
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.
- paper
-
noun,
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- plan-
-
- Papua
-
noun,
Papua New Guinea.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Plume
-
noun,
a feather.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- plump
-
noun,
a heavy or sudden fall.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amer.
-
- plur.
-
- prae-
-
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- AMPAS
-
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- papas
-
noun,
father.
- pacas
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Pampa
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- uncap
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- Alas.
-
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- palps
-
noun,
a palpus.
- ulpan
-
noun,
an institute or school for intensive study of Hebrew, especially by immigrants to Israel.
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Palma
-
noun,
Also called Palma de Mallorca [Spanish pahl-mah th e mah-lyawr-kah] /Spanish ˈpɑl mɑ ðɛ mɑˈlyɔr kɑ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in and the capital of the Balearic Islands, on W Majorca.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- alum.
-
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- pale-
-
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- papal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pope or the papacy:
- ulama
-
plural noun,
the doctors of Muslim religion and law.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- neur-
-
- upper
-
noun,
the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
- NAACP
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Nampa
-
noun,
a city in W Idaho.
- 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.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Prus.
-
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- sumps
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- apace
-
adverb,
with speed; quickly; swiftly.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- 30-30
-
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- pulps
-
noun,
the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Parl.
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- nappa
-
noun,
a very soft glove leather made from the skin of a sheep, kid, or goat.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Suppe
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1819–95, Austrian composer.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- prem.
-
- prep.
-
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- Pres.
-
- para-
-
- male-
-
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- anal.
-
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- nappe
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- supp.
-
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- 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.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- Parca
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- SLAPP
-
noun,
Also called SLAPP suit. a civil lawsuit brought as an intimidation measure against an activist.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Capra
-
noun,
Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
- caps.
-
- sarc-
-
- Capua
-
noun,
a town in NW Campania, in S Italy, N of Naples.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- encl.
-
- emuls
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- carp-
-
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Sans.
-
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- larum
-
noun,
alarum.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapps
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- Slump
-
noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- camps
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- samps
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- clamp
-
noun,
a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- crump
-
noun,
a crunching sound.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- resp.
-
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- clase
-
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- scums
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- scups
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- clump
-
noun,
a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- Ecua.
-
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- culms
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- caus.
-
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- cuppa
-
noun,
a cup of tea.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- cupel
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- culpa
-
noun,
Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect (distinguished from dolus):
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- lumps
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- 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.
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- assn.
-
- Lumen
-
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.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- rumps
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- span-
-
- leuc-
-
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- 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.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- ASEAN
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- 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)
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- ASPCA
-
- Macau
-
noun,
Macao.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- 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.
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- snaps
-
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Pump
-
noun,
an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
- repl
-
- 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)
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- PERL
-
- sec.
-
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- Rep.
-
- USPS
-
- spp.
-
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- SMSA
-
- per.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- scr.
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sem.
-
- mus.
-
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- USRC
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- RNAS
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- psec
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- USCA
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- rel.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- Pers
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- USNA
-
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- USMC
-
- USMA
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- pulp
-
noun,
the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- Sam.
-
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- USAR
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- SPCA
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- pnea
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- 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).
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Rus.
-
- SRAM
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Sra.
-
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- saur
-
- sur-
-
- SASE
-
- purs
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- prec
-
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- RCMP
-
- supr
-
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- pre-
-
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- Saml
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- pupa
-
noun,
an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- 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.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- sepn
-
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- prs.
-
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- PLSS
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- 1080
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- asc-
-
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arm.
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- ASME
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- aur-
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- 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.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- ASSR
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mar.
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- appl
-
- app.
-
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- 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.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- 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.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- 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.
- APSA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Apps
-
noun,
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Apr.
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mal-
-
- MALS
-
- Lapp
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Cels
-
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cen.
-
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Culm
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clep
-
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Cres
-
- cule
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Eur.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- esp.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Cal.
-
- Can.
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Aus.
-
- Lam.
-
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CAPP
-
noun,
Al (Alfred Gerald Caplin) 1909–79, U.S. comic-strip artist: creator of “Li'l Abner.”.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Emp.
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- cap.
-
- enc.
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Man.
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- 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.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- Ala.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NCAA
-
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- aer-
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- acr-
-
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- MSSc
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- muc-
-
- 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.
- mun.
-
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- 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.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- NACA
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- paua
-
noun,
a large, edible abalone of New Zealand, Haliotis iris, the shell of which is used in making jewelry.
- papa
-
noun,
father.
- paps
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- 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.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- Pan.
-
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Pen.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- AARP
-
- ACLU
-
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- acea
-
- AAUP
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- pam.
-
- paca
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Pal.
-
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- palp
-
noun,
a palpus.
- MSPE
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- msec
-
- Anas
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- MNAS
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- AMLS
-
- amp.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- amus
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- ance
-
- mRNA
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ANPA
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- 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.
- mes-
-
- 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.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- MEPA
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- men-
-
- Amal
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- cml.
-
- MSCP
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- an.
-
- CEA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- 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.
- 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).
- UCR
-
- ase
-
- 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:
- Ar.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ANC
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- USC
-
- AUC
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- AAE
-
- AAM
-
- AAP
-
- ure
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Aar
-
- SLA
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Apl
-
- ARU
-
- ac-
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- CLU
-
- CLR
-
- ALU
-
- 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.
- cle
-
- USR
-
- Am.
-
- USP
-
- 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.
- SPR
-
- ap-
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- AAU
-
- al.
-
- USN
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- APC
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- 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.
- SPS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARS
-
- USM
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ur-
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- AEC
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Sus
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASR
-
- SSR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- UAR
-
- SSN
-
- SSM
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- AEA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- USA
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ALC
-
- AUA
-
- unc
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- USS
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Sr.
-
- ALM
-
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- ASU
-
- Une
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- UAE
-
- AME
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- AMS
-
- UAM
-
- SLE
-
- SLP
-
- CMA
-
- ASM
-
- UPC
-
- SLR
-
- up-
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ACP
-
- ASN
-
- uns
-
- SNU
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- ACS
-
- unp
-
- SMA
-
- APS
-
- ae.
-
- AMC
-
- CAA
-
- SMS
-
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- AMU
-
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- MPE
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- MLA
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- 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.
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MPA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- RMA
-
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRP
-
- MSA
-
- PUP
-
noun,
a young dog; puppy.
- MSE
-
- 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.
- MSN
-
- MUP
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Re.
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- PUC
-
- RCN
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MSL
-
- MSC
-
- 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.
- MAA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- se-
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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:
- REA
-
- RCA
-
- RPS
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MCP
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- MEP
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ml.
-
- NAA
-
- PSS
-
- Mc-
-
- Ps.
-
- NUL
-
- NUM
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- pm.
-
- pp.
-
- Pr.
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- prn
-
- PLR
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- NSC
-
- PLC
-
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PLA
-
- 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.
- pl.
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PCM
-
- PCS
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- NSU
-
- NSA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- PRC
-
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- PSA
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- prp
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
-
- NMR
-
- PPA
-
noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- NMU
-
- NPR
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- PRA
-
- PPS
-
- ppr
-
- PPM
-
- ppl
-
- PPE
-
- PPC
-
- Me.
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ERP
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- 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.
- en-
-
- sc.
-
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ECA
-
- ESA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESU
-
- eu-
-
- SAR
-
- La.
-
- RMC
-
- ECM
-
- ec-
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CNM
-
- CNS
-
- CPA
-
- CPL
-
- CPM
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- SCS
-
- CPU
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CSA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- CSR
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- SCP
-
- SCM
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LCM
-
- LPN
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- lep
-
- LSS
-
- LSM
-
- LSC
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Les
-
- SAA
-
- Sp.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LCA
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- RNA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- RPM
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lpm
-
- RSS
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- 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.
- MP
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- LR
-
- SU
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- RP
-
- CU
-
- M.
-
- RU
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SL
-
- ln
-
- L.
-
- UL
-
- CE
-
- CM
-
- L1
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NP
-
- LC
-
- UC
-
- PU
-
- U.
-
- LM
-
- le
-
- MN
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NL
-
- NM
-
- RC
-
- SM
-
- L2
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RN
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- SN
-