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- Speculator
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noun,
a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- portulacas
-
noun,
any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
- part-score
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noun,
a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game:
- sporulate
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verb (used without object),
to produce spores.
- Portulaca
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noun,
any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
- creatural
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of a creature.
- acropetal
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adjective,
(of an inflorescence) developing upward, toward the apex.
- prosateur
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noun,
a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- copulates
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adjective,
connected; joined.
- pterosaur
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noun,
any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- pectorals
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- Cleopatra
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noun,
69–30 b.c, queen of Egypt 51–49, 48–30.
- carrousel
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noun,
carousel.
- capsulate
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adjective,
enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- Tuscarora
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.
- aspectual
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or producing a particular aspect or aspects.
- arcatures
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noun,
an arcade of small dimensions.
- separator
-
noun,
a person or thing that separates.
- Escalator
-
noun,
Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- scopulate
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adjective,
broom-shaped; brushlike.
- taxaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Taxaceae, the yew family of plants.
- Patroclus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- pastorale
-
noun,
an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- peacoats
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noun,
pea jacket.
- carousal
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noun,
a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry.
- capsular
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adjective,
of, in, or like a capsule.
- outpaces
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- captures
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- restoral
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noun,
restoration.
- carports
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- carousel
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- caporals
-
noun,
a variety of tobacco.
- outplace
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verb (used with object),
to provide outplacement for.
- relators
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- realtors
-
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- caproate
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noun,
a salt or ester of caproic acid.
- outleaps
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- caltrops
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- supertax
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noun,
Chiefly British. a tax in addition to a normal tax, as one upon income above a certain amount.
- rosulate
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adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- Austral.
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- osculate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- Sarraute
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noun,
Nathalie [na-ta-lee] /na taˈli/ (Show IPA), (Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak) 1900–1999, French novelist, born in Russia.
- saucepot
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noun,
a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- oracular
-
adjective,
of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle:
- arcature
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noun,
an arcade of small dimensions.
- araceous
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adjective,
belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- scapular
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
- scapulo-
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- apterous
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adjective,
Zoology. wingless, as some insects.
- clotures
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- pulsator
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noun,
something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- coal-tar
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noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- lacteous
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adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- exocarps
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noun,
epicarp.
- Perrault
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noun,
Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- petalous
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adjective,
having petals.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- placates
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noun,
a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
- curtalax
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noun,
cutlass.
- polecats
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- curators
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noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- pastoral
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noun,
a poem, play, or the like, dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional or artificial manner, or with simple rural life generally; a bucolic.
- troupers
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- prealtar
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adjective,
in front of the altar.
- Eurocrat
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noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- couplets
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noun,
a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
- couplers
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noun,
a person or thing that couples or links together.
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- Sculptor
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noun,
a person who practices the art of sculpture.
- pro-rata
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adverb,
in proportion; according to a certain rate.
- parlours
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noun,
Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- corrupts
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adjective,
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- parclose
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noun,
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- palestra
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noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- copulate
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adjective,
connected; joined.
- Pactolus
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noun,
a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- oxalates
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noun,
any salt or ester of oxalic acid, occurring in plants, especially spinach, rhubarb, and certain other vegetables and nuts, and capable of forming an insoluble salt with calcium and interfering with its absorption by the body.
- procures
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verb (used with object),
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- octuples
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noun,
Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
- acarpous
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adjective,
not producing fruit; sterile; barren.
- specular
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adjective,
pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- spectro-
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- aerators
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- acerolas
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noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- correl.
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- corrals
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noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- prorate
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- copulas
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noun,
something that connects or links together.
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- surcoat
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- corrupt
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adjective,
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
- octuple
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noun,
Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- sporule
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noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- pterous
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- pulsate
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coastal
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adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- corresp
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- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- surreal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- precuts
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- preoral
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adjective,
situated in front of or before the mouth.
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- procure
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verb (used with object),
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- courser
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noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- couplet
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noun,
a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
- couples
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noun,
two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- coupler
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noun,
a person or thing that couples or links together.
- Coulter
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noun,
colter.
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- Proclus
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noun,
a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- cluster
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- carrels
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noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- carpous
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- carport
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- carpals
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noun,
a carpale.
- carpale
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noun,
any of the bones of the wrist.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- relucts
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- Carolus
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noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- Carlota
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noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- aerator
-
noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- Capulet
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Juliet.
Compare Montague (def 1).
- capture
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- capsule
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noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- caporal
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noun,
a variety of tobacco.
- carreta
-
noun,
a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- superl.
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- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- sulcate
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adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- cloture
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- closeup
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noun,
a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
- raptors
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- rapture
-
noun,
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- tupelos
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- cerato-
-
- Realtor
-
- recoups
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- relator
-
noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- trouser
-
noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- parrots
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- parlour
-
noun,
Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- parlous
-
adverb,
to a large extent; greatly.
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- laurate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of lauric acid.
- paroles
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- parrels
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noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- larrups
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verb (used with object),
to beat or thrash.
- leprous
-
adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- parures
-
noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- laparo-
-
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- lactase
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- Lacerta
-
noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- Pasteur
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- Pasture
-
noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- parcels
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parasol
-
noun,
a lightweight umbrella used, especially by women, as a sunshade.
- exports
-
verb (used with object),
to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- teacups
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- luxates
-
verb (used with object),
to put out of joint; dislocate:
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- outleap
-
verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- outpace
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- oxalate
-
noun,
any salt or ester of oxalic acid, occurring in plants, especially spinach, rhubarb, and certain other vegetables and nuts, and capable of forming an insoluble salt with calcium and interfering with its absorption by the body.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Spatula
-
noun,
an implement with a broad, flat, usually flexible blade, used for blending foods or removing them from cooking utensils, mixing drugs, spreading plasters and paints, etc.
- oxcarts
-
noun,
an ox-drawn cart.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- palaeo-
-
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- palato-
-
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- Palouse
-
noun,
a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- exposal
-
noun,
exposure.
- exocarp
-
noun,
epicarp.
- troupes
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- curlers
-
noun,
a person or thing that curls.
- pleuro-
-
- earlaps
-
noun,
earflap.
- plexors
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small hammer with a soft rubber head or the like, used in percussion for diagnostic purposes.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- cutlers
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- polecat
-
noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- curator
-
noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curares
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- cupolas
-
noun,
Architecture.
a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
a dome, especially one covering a circular or polygonal area.
- porrect
-
adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- porters
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- acetals
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- trouper
-
noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Plateau
-
noun,
a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- peacoat
-
noun,
pea jacket.
- Pescara
-
noun,
a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- exactas
-
noun,
a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first- and second-place finishers in exact order.
- pectous
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of pectin or protopectin.
- pelorus
-
noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- peroral
-
adjective,
administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- perusal
-
noun,
a reading:
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- petrol.
-
- erratas
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- petrols
-
noun,
British. gasoline.
- petrous
-
adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- placate
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
- acerola
-
noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- placers
-
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.
- placets
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- caplets
-
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- Alcaeus
-
noun,
flourished c600 b.c, Greek poet of Mytilene.
- scopula
-
noun,
a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
- scruple
-
noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- astrol.
-
- scraper
-
noun,
a person or thing that scrapes.
- Roulers
-
noun,
a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.
- upscale
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- scourer
-
noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- rouster
-
noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- rustler
-
noun,
a cattle thief.
- scaleup
-
noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- scorper
-
noun,
scauper.
- routers
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- Austro-
-
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- sclero-
-
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- scauper
-
noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- arcuate
-
adjective,
bent or curved like a bow.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- auroras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn.
Compare Eos.
- scarper
-
verb (used without object),
to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- scalare
-
noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- stearo-
-
- apteral
-
adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- scapula
-
noun,
Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
- uptears
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- rostral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a rostrum.
- auroral
-
adjective,
of or like the dawn.
- caesura
-
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.
- asexual
-
- uprears
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- spurtle
-
noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- caltrop
-
noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- uproars
-
noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- aruspex
-
noun,
haruspex.
- plexus
-
noun,
a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- treasr
-
- plexor
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small hammer with a soft rubber head or the like, used in percussion for diagnostic purposes.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- surtax
-
noun,
an additional or extra tax on something already taxed.
- cursor
-
noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- poleax
-
noun,
a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- pleur-
-
- 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.
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- Araxes
-
noun,
ancient name of Aras.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- aceous
-
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- Arcaro
-
noun,
Edward ("Eddie") 1916–97, U.S. jockey.
- 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.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- pretax
-
adjective, adverb,
prior to the payment of taxes:
- coupes
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- couple
-
noun,
two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- curler
-
noun,
a person or thing that curls.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- calxes
-
noun,
the oxide or ashy substance that remains after metals, minerals, etc., have been thoroughly roasted or burned.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- cruxes
-
noun,
a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point:
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- sapro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- poults
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- crural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the leg or the hind limb.
- cruors
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Sapota
-
noun,
sapote.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- croups
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Upsala
-
noun,
Uppsala.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cupels
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Curare
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- cupro-
-
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- cupola
-
noun,
Architecture.
a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
a dome, especially one covering a circular or polygonal area.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- sarco-
-
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- aceto-
-
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- praxes
-
noun,
practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- sculpt
-
verb (used with or without object),
Fine Arts. to carve, model, or make by using the techniques of sculpture.
- sculp.
-
- oxcart
-
noun,
an ox-drawn cart.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- oxters
-
noun,
the armpit.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- palace
-
noun,
the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- leuco-
-
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- paleo-
-
- letups
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- lepto-
-
- Parcae
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- loupes
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- luxate
-
verb (used with object),
to put out of joint; dislocate:
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- tarso-
-
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- opacus
-
adjective,
(of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- tauro-
-
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- teacup
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- luteo-
-
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- 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.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- Alexas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- parlor
-
noun,
Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- petro-
-
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- extols
-
verb (used with object),
to praise highly; laud; eulogize:
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- export
-
verb (used with object),
to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
- patuca
-
noun,
a river rising in E central Honduras and flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- souple
-
noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- scato-
-
- exalts
-
verb (used with object),
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate:
- exacts
-
adjective,
strictly accurate or correct:
- exacta
-
noun,
a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first- and second-place finishers in exact order.
- Europa
-
noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- extras
-
noun,
something extra or additional:
- torpex
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a high explosive made of TNT, cyclonite, and aluminum powder and used especially in torpedoes, mines, and depth bombs.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- extra-
-
- extro-
-
- utero-
-
- parure
-
noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parous
-
- parrel
-
noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- Lastex
-
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- 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.
- scolex
-
noun,
the anterior, headlike segment of a tapeworm, having suckers, hooks, or the like, for attachment.
- larrup
-
verb (used with object),
to beat or thrash.
- Laputa
-
noun,
an imaginary flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the inhabitants of which engaged in a variety of ridiculous projects and pseudoscientific experiments.
- exults
-
verb (used without object),
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant:
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- 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.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- lacto-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scler-
-
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- carpal
-
noun,
a carpale.
- Tupelo
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpo-
-
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- Aurora
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn.
Compare Eos.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- sexual
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for sex:
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- acuate
-
adjective,
sharpened; pointed.
- purser
-
noun,
an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- ultra-
-
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- super-
-
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rulers
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- recoup
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- celto-
-
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- casual
-
noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- causal
-
adjective,
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- recurs
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- catsup
-
noun,
ketchup.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- austr-
-
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Carrel
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- Aeacus
-
noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- Caspar
-
noun,
one of the three Magi.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- cerat-
-
- auspex
-
noun,
an augur of ancient Rome.
- Rupert
-
noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- actual
-
adjective,
existing in act or fact; real:
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- retro-
-
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- sacro-
-
- sexpot
-
noun,
a sexually attractive person.
- astro-
-
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- copula
-
noun,
something that connects or links together.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- storax
-
noun,
a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- upcast
-
noun,
an act of casting upward.
- cortex
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney.
the cerebral cortex.
- uproar
-
noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- caplet
-
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- uprear
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- corral
-
noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- corpus
-
noun,
a large or complete collection of writings:
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rectos
-
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- ptero-
-
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- supra-
-
- 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.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- copals
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- 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.
- turco-
-
- OPers
-
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- part.
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- relax
-
verb (used with object),
to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax:
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- sect.
-
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- 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.
- ocul-
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- spec.
-
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- rept.
-
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- oxter
-
noun,
the armpit.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- resp.
-
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- 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.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- para-
-
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- sero-
-
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- oste-
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- pale-
-
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- restr
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Scot.
-
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Parca
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Port.
-
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- Supt.
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sarc-
-
- Srta.
-
- post-
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- 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.
- Prus.
-
- pocul
-
- 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.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- plur.
-
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- poet.
-
- 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).
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- purrs
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- rural
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rural area.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pret.
-
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prox.
-
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- Prot.
-
- poxes
-
noun,
a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- prae-
-
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- pros.
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- spor-
-
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- ster.
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- proc.
-
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- rcpt.
-
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- patr-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- scat-
-
- 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.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Paula
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Paul.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- rears
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- pert.
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- plast
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- plat.
-
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- 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.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- pleo-
-
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- 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.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- peta-
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- step-
-
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Sept.
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- aurar
-
noun,
plural of eyrir.
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- trop-
-
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- treas
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- ecol.
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Ecua.
-
- astr.
-
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Aust.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- tuxes
-
noun,
tuxedo.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cupel
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- axels
-
noun,
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Culex
-
noun,
any of numerous mosquitoes constituting the widespread genus Culex, distinguished by the habit in the adult of holding the body parallel to the feeding or resting surface, as the common house mosquito, C. pipiens.
- culpa
-
noun,
Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect (distinguished from dolus):
- auto.
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Euro-
-
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- areo-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- exact
-
adjective,
strictly accurate or correct:
- exalt
-
verb (used with object),
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate:
- 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.
- excl.
-
- 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.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- expos
-
noun,
a world's fair or international exposition:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- ASPCA
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- asco-
-
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- Arrau
-
noun,
Claudio [klaw-dee-oh;; Spanish klou-th yaw] /ˈklɔ diˌoʊ;; Spanish ˈklaʊ ðyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, Chilean pianist.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cert.
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- exptl
-
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- cata-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- caus.
-
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- coel-
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carp-
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- 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:
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- clase
-
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- 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.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- corp.
-
- Corpl
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Capra
-
noun,
Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- 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.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- coxes
-
noun,
coxswain.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cores
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- colat
-
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- octa-
-
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Carex
-
noun,
any sedge of the genus Carex.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Capua
-
noun,
a town in NW Campania, in S Italy, N of Naples.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- luxes
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equivalent to 0.0929 foot-candle and equal to the illumination produced by luminous flux of one lumen falling perpendicularly on a surface one meter square. Symbol: lx.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- leuc-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lurex
-
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Texas
-
noun,
a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Acrux
-
noun,
a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
- acro-
-
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- acpt.
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Alexa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- Luxor
-
noun,
a town in S (Upper) Egypt, on the Nile: ruins of ancient Thebes.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- lect.
-
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- acet-
-
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- latex
-
noun,
a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
- tears
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- taxes
-
noun,
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- aero-
-
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- tera-
-
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- loxes
-
noun,
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- USLTA
-
- Alas.
-
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- actos
-
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Alcor
-
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Alta.
-
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- xero-
-
- Apoc.
-
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- 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:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Xerus
-
noun,
an African ground squirrel of the genus Xerus, having spiny fur, very short ears, and a long tail, and including the species X. rutilus of northeastern Africa and X. erythropus of western and central Africa.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- apace
-
adverb,
with speed; quickly; swiftly.
- lact-
-
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- extol
-
verb (used with object),
to praise highly; laud; eulogize:
- 30-30
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- 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.
- alto-
-
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- exult
-
verb (used without object),
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant:
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- sext
-
noun,
the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- aer-
-
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- SPCA
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Xosa
-
noun,
Xhosa.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- USTC
-
- sex-
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ACLS
-
- AAUP
-
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- rel.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- cat.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- USRC
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- acea
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Cels
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- USPO
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repr
-
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- 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.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- AARP
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- acr-
-
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- ACLU
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- 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.
- uro-
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- scr.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- alt.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- USAR
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alex
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alexander.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- art.
-
- uret
-
- ates
-
- apex
-
noun,
the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
- APSA
-
- 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.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- 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.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- apo-
-
- 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.
- Saxe
-
noun,
Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- arr.
-
- Sax.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- 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.
- saur
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Cal.
-
- USCA
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Apr.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Ala.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- axle
-
noun,
Machinery. the pin, bar, shaft, or the like, on which or by means of which a wheel or pair of wheels rotates.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- aet.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- calx
-
noun,
the oxide or ashy substance that remains after metals, minerals, etc., have been thoroughly roasted or burned.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- cap.
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- Alco
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- Rus.
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- ulto
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Ste.
-
- aur-
-
- sec.
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Aus.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- rpt.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Roux
-
noun,
a cooked mixture of butter or other fat and flour used to thicken sauces, soups, etc.
- aut-
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- aux.
-
- Auxo
-
noun,
one of the Graces worshiped at Athens.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Axel
-
noun,
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
- axes
-
noun,
plural of axis1 .
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- ter.
-
- ext.
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- exr.
-
- expt
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- EXPO
-
noun,
a world's fair or international exposition:
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- paua
-
noun,
a large, edible abalone of New Zealand, Haliotis iris, the shell of which is used in making jewelry.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- 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).
- 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.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Lat.
-
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lea.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- exp.
-
- exor
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- eso-
-
- 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.
- est.
-
- str.
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Pet.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Pers
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- exo-
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- pct.
-
- Exc.
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- exa-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Eur.
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- etc.
-
- per.
-
- PERL
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- luxe
-
noun,
luxury; elegance; sumptuousness:
Compare deluxe.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Lux.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- OAPC
-
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Oct.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- taur
-
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- OPer
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tax-
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- taxa
-
noun,
plural of taxon.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- 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.:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pal.
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- lex.
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Tex.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- par.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tel-
-
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- out-
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- oxes
-
noun,
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Oxus
-
noun,
Amu Darya.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- esp.
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- coxa
-
noun,
Anatomy.
innominate bone.
the joint of the hip.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Tues
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- prec
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- pre-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- 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.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- crat
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Cres
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 1080
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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:
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- coax
-
noun,
coaxial cable.
- Col.
-
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- supr
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cort
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- prs.
-
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- PSAT
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- pts.
-
- psec
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- clep
-
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- 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.
- Pol.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- 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.
- 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.
- plex
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- eco-
-
- Ceto
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- ELAS
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cet-
-
- eous
-
- tox.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- cur.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- pot.
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Crux
-
noun,
a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- cule
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- purs
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- clar
-
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- xat
-
noun,
a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Xt.
-
- UTC
-
- XOR
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either but not both of its operands are positive.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- USR
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TCS
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- xcl
-
- TCA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- USP
-
- spt
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ure
-
- trp
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ult
-
- STL
-
- ur-
-
- TAL
-
- Tro
-
- UAE
-
- up-
-
- UPC
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Sr.
-
- tra
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- UCR
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tue
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- USO
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- SPR
-
- USC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Tu.
-
- TSE
-
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- tlr
-
- TSP
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tux
-
noun,
tuxedo.
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- STP
-
- PTO
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- eu-
-
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- aor
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Ex.
-
- Esc
-
- AOA
-
- La.
-
- ALU
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Lt.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- 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).
- Ep.
-
- ECA
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- AOU
-
- EPA
-
- ERT
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ALC
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- LST
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LOX
-
noun,
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- AEA
-
- LSC
-
- LTA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ltr
-
- ae.
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- Oc.
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- LOC
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAX
-
adjective,
not strict or severe; careless or negligent:
- LCA
-
- LCT
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- AEC
-
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- sox
-
noun,
a plural of sock1 .
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- ec-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- op.
-
- apx
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- cs.
-
- APS
-
- ca.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CEA
-
- 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.
- Axa
-
noun,
Achsah.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ast
-
- ARU
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ase
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ASU
-
- ax.
-
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ATC
-
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AUA
-
- CEO
-
- cle
-
- 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.
- 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.
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- Apl
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- CSA
-
- 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.
- eo-
-
- APC
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- CSO
-
- 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)
- Clo
-
- CPA
-
- CLR
-
- CLU
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Cox
-
noun,
coxswain.
- CPL
-
- CRT
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- CPU
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- ACP
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- rax
-
verb (used with object),
to elongate; stretch.
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROP
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- REX
-
noun,
king.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RSE
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- al.
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ar.
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- 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.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- OSA
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- sc.
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- SLE
-
- SLA
-
- 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).
- 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.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SCP
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- rte
-
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- ap-
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ac-
-
- RTS
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PUC
-
- PSE
-
- ot-
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- OTA
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Aar
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ox-
-
- AAP
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- pc.
-
- OAU
-
- OTC
-
- AAU
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Ola
-
- OPA
-
- PSC
-
- Pa.
-
- AAE
-
- pl.
-
- PSA
-
- PRC
-
- PRA
-
- pox
-
noun,
a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
- POR
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
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- POA
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- AUC
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- plu
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noun,
plew.
- PLR
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- PLO
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- PLA
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- PL1
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noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLC
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- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PAU
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- Pr.
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- Ps.
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- pt.
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- PAC
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noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PCS
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- PAX
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. kiss of peace.
- ARS
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- ux
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- AO
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- XP
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- Xe
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- XL
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- xc
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- xr
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- A.
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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.
- XO
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TL
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- CE
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- R.
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- P.
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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.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- t.
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- PU
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- PX
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plural,
post exchange.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
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- RC
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- SU
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- RO
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- RP
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- RU
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- RX
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- S.
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- SA
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- SL
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- ol
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- TC
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- UL
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- L.
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- UC
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- U.
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- TX
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- CU
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TP
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LC
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
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- L2
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- le
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- LR
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- lx
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- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- xu
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noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the 100th part of a dong.