Anagrams of chloroacetophenone
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- chloroacetone
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noun,
a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
- can-opener
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noun,
a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
- tocopherol
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noun,
one of several alcohols that constitute the dietary factor known as vitamin E, occurring in wheat-germ oil, lettuce or spinach leaves, egg yolk, etc.
- penetrance
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noun,
the frequency, expressed as a percentage, with which a particular gene produces its effect in a group of organisms.
Compare expressivity (def 2).
- one-to-one
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adjective,
Also, one-one. (of the relationship between two or more groups of things) corresponding element by element.
- anthophore
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noun,
a form of floral stalk, produced by the elongation of the internode between the calyx and the corolla, and bearing the corolla, stamens, and pistil.
- heptachlor
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noun,
a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- receptacle
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noun,
a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something:
- non-placet
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noun,
(especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- encephalon
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noun,
Anatomy. the brain.
- Coleoptera
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noun,
the order comprising the beetles.
- ectocornea
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noun,
the outer layer of the cornea.
- protoconch
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- plane-tree
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noun,
any tree of the genus Platanus, especially P. occidentalis, the buttonwood or sycamore of North America, having palmately lobed leaves and bark that sheds.
- ctenophore
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noun,
any gelatinous marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora; a comb jelly.
- Ctenophora
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noun,
the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- repentance
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noun,
deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like.
- anthropol.
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- encephalo-
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- naphthene
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noun,
any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- heptanone
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noun,
any of three isomeric ketones, C 11 H 14 O, derived from heptane.
- choo-choo
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noun,
a train.
- coherence
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noun,
the act or state of cohering; cohesion.
- cerecloth
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noun,
cloth coated or impregnated with wax so as to be waterproof, formerly used for wrapping the dead, for bandages, etc.
- tracheole
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noun,
any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea.
- coeternal
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adjective,
existing with another eternally.
- concentre
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verb (used with or without object),
concenter.
- phanotron
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noun,
a hot-cathode gas diode.
- phenetole
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 10 O.
- alpenhorn
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noun,
a long, powerful horn of wood or bark, with a cupped mouthpiece and a curved bell at opposite ends, used by Swiss herders and mountaineers.
- cooperate
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verb (used without object),
to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- phenolate
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noun,
Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- tolerance
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- rectocele
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noun,
a hernia of the rectum into the vagina.
- connector
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noun,
a person or thing that connects.
- cochleate
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adjective,
shaped like a snail shell; spiral.
- telephone
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noun,
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- catchpole
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noun,
(formerly) a petty officer of justice, especially one arresting persons for debt.
- holophote
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noun,
an apparatus by which practically all the light from a lighthouse lamp or the like is thrown in a desired direction.
- Holophane
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- connecter
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noun,
connector.
- perchance
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adverb,
Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
- aerophoto
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noun,
aerial photograph.
- aerophone
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noun,
any musical wind instrument.
- Charleton
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noun,
a male given name.
- Parthenon
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noun,
the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- Paleocene
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.
- orthopnea
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noun,
difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- portolano
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noun,
a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- encephal-
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- anthropo-
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- chaperone
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noun,
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- enchanter
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noun,
a person who enchants or delights.
- apocenter
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- chloracne
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noun,
a severe and sometimes persistent form of acne resulting from exposure to chlorine compounds, such as dioxin.
- crenelate
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adjective,
crenelated.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- colcothar
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noun,
the brownish-red oxide of iron produced by heating ferrous sulfate: used chiefly as a pigment in paints and theatrical rouge, and as a polishing agent.
- olecranon
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noun,
the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.
- petrolene
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noun,
any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are soluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene.
- enhearten
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verb (used with object),
to hearten.
- concenter
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate.
- perennate
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verb (used without object),
to survive from season to season for an indefinite number of years.
- percolate
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noun,
a percolated liquid.
- chocolate
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noun,
a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- precancel
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verb (used with object),
to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- anteporch
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noun,
an outer porch.
- colorant
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noun,
something used as a coloring matter; pigment; dye.
- concerto
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- cenotaph
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noun,
a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.
- concrete
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noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- pretence
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noun,
pretense.
- praelect
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- Holocene
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noun,
recent (def 5).
- Tarnopol
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noun,
Ternopol.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Ternopol
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noun,
a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- poncelet
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noun,
Jean Victor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1788–1867, French mathematician.
- Caerleon
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noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- Connacht
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noun,
Irish name of Connaught.
- entrench
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verb (used with object),
to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly:
- earphone
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noun,
a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- rotenone
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- electro-
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- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- elephant
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noun,
either of two large, five-toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip, including Loxodonta africana (African elephant) with enormous flapping ears, two fingerlike projections at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks, and Elephas maximus (Indian elephant) with smaller ears, one projection at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks almost exclusively in males: L. africana is threatened; E. maximus is endangered.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- enclothe
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verb (used with object),
clothe (def 3).
- encroach
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verb (used without object),
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads:
- enhancer
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noun,
a person or thing that enhances.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- enthrone
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verb (used with object),
to place on or as on a throne.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- coronach
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noun,
(in Scotland and Ireland) a song or lamentation for the dead; dirge.
- protocol
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noun,
the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- cornhole
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verb (used with object),
to have anal intercourse with.
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- ethephon
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noun,
a solid compound, C 2 H 6 ClO 3 P, used as a growth regulator to accelerate the ripening of tomatoes, citrus fruit, apples, and other crops.
- ethereal
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adjective,
light, airy, or tenuous:
- Colophon
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noun,
a publisher's or printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works.
- ethnarch
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noun,
the ruler of a people, tribe, or nation.
- cachepot
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noun,
an ornamental container, usually of china or tole, for holding and concealing a flowerpot.
- catch-22
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noun,
a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions.
- thoraco-
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- hapteron
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noun,
a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- Charlton
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noun,
a male given name.
- catechol
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, dihydroxyl derivative of benzene, C 6 H 6 O 2 , the ortho isomer, used chiefly in photography, for dyeing, and as a reagent; pyrocatechol.
- Cathleen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- lanneret
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- lanthorn
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noun,
lantern.
- penchant
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noun,
a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something:
- nepenthe
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noun,
a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
- potholer
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noun,
an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- chaconne
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noun,
an ancient dance, probably of Spanish origin, in moderate triple meter.
- no-hoper
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noun,
a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- Phaethon
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noun,
a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
- tracheo-
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- petronel
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noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- nonpolar
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adjective,
containing no permanently dipolar molecules; lacking a dipole.
- peroneal
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- octoroon
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noun,
a person having one-eighth black ancestry, with one black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.
- pentacle
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noun,
pentagram.
- oenochoe
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noun,
oinochoe.
- penoncel
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noun,
pennoncel.
- chlorate
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noun,
a salt of chloric acid.
- Clarence
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noun,
a closed, four-wheeled carriage, usually with a glass front, with seats inside for four persons.
- Chephren
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noun,
Khafre.
- chaperon
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noun,
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- acceptor
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noun,
accepter.
- accepter
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noun,
a person or thing that accepts.
- acceptee
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noun,
a person who is accepted, as for military service.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- accentor
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noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- chaptrel
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noun,
a capital, as on a pilaster or vaulting shaft, engaged in masonry on one or more sides.
- trochlea
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noun,
a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.
- Charente
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noun,
a department in W France. 2306 sq. mi. (5975 sq. km). Capital: Angoulême.
- pahoehoe
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noun,
basaltic lava having a smooth or billowy surface.
- Pantheon
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noun,
a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- Charlene
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- neoprene
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noun,
an oil-resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes.
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- planchet
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noun,
a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- anchoret
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noun,
anchorite.
- colocate
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verb (used with or without object),
to locate or be located in jointly or together, as two or more groups, military units, or the like; share or designate to share the same place.
- porthole
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noun,
a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light.
Compare port4 (def 1).
- anthrop.
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- coherent
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adjective,
logically connected; consistent:
- leathern
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adjective,
made of leather.
- antelope
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noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
- cephalo-
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- cephalon
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noun,
the head, especially of an arthropod.
- poltroon
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noun,
a wretched coward; craven.
- top-hole
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adjective,
first-rate.
- plethora
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noun,
overabundance; excess:
- plectron
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noun,
plectrum.
- anethole
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noun,
a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 12 O, having a sweet taste, obtained from anise or fennel oils or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, dentifrices, flavoring, synthesis of anisaldehyde, and in medicine as an antiseptic and carminative.
- Napoleon
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noun,
a pastry consisting of thin layers of puff paste interlaid with a cream or custard filling.
- naphthol
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noun,
either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 10 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- crochet
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noun,
needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the thread or yarn through intertwined loops.
- telpher
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- cheroot
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noun,
a cigar having open, untapered ends.
- concern
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noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- cooncan
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noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- chelate
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noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- cheetah
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noun,
a cat, Acinonyx jubatus, of southwestern Asia and Africa, resembling a leopard but having certain doglike characteristics, often trained for hunting deer, antelope, etc.: an endangered species.
- concept
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noun,
a general notion or idea; conception.
- taphole
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noun,
a hole in a blast furnace, steelmaking furnace, etc., through which molten metal or slag is tapped off.
- conceal
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verb (used with object),
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
- coolant
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noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- chloro-
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- control
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noun,
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
- Chechen
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noun,
a member of a Sunni Muslim people living in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas, closely related to the Ingush.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- teacher
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noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- cheater
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- cheapen
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verb (used with object),
to make cheap or cheaper.
- earthen
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adjective,
composed of earth.
- contra-
-
- rootcap
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noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- connote
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- concert
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Teheran
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- chronon
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noun,
a hypothetical unit of time, taken as a ratio between the diameter of the electron and the velocity of light, equivalent to approximately 10− 24 second.
- coracle
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noun,
a small, round, or very broad boat made of wickerwork or interwoven laths covered with a waterproof layer of animal skin, canvas, tarred or oiled cloth, or the like: used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England.
- coacher
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noun,
a person who coaches; a coach.
- chronol
-
- chortle
-
noun,
a gleeful chuckle.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- chorten
-
noun,
(in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
- connect
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- chorale
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noun,
a hymn, especially one with strong harmonization:
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- Copehan
-
noun,
Wintun.
- Clapton
-
noun,
Eric, born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.
- Cochran
-
noun,
Jacqueline, 1910?–80, U.S. aviator.
- cholera
-
noun,
Also called Asiatic cholera. Pathology. an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.
- technol
-
- cholent
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noun,
a stewed or baked dish, especially of meat and beans, served on the Sabbath but cooked the day before or overnight over a slow fire.
- cholate
-
noun,
the salt form of cholic acid.
- techno-
-
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- coronal
-
noun,
a crown; coronet.
- cochlea
-
noun,
a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- creance
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noun,
a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.
- chrono-
-
- hatchel
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noun,
hackle1 (def 5).
- echelon
-
noun,
a level of command, authority, or rank:
Synonyms: place, rank, hierarchy, authority, grade, office; row, tier, rung; social standing, position, class, standing.
- poacher
-
noun,
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- phonol.
-
- Neocene
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adjective, noun,
Neogene.
- phorate
-
noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- phreno-
-
- phrenol
-
- plancer
-
noun,
the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- naphth-
-
- planner
-
noun,
a person who plans.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- platoon
-
noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- Lonnrot
-
noun,
Elias [e-lyahs] /ˈɛ lyɑs/ (Show IPA), 1802–84, Finnish scholar and editor.
- locator
-
noun,
a person who locates something.
- Nephele
-
noun,
a woman formed from a cloud by Zeus as a counterfeit of Hera, in order to deceive the lustful Ixion: mother by Ixion of the centaurs.
- Locarno
-
noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- 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).
- polenta
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- Lepanto
-
noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- Leonora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- pontoon
-
noun,
Military. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- leather
-
noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- nephro-
-
- potheen
-
noun,
poteen.
- peloton
-
noun,
an ornamental glass made in Bohemia in the late 19th century, usually having a striated overlay of glass filaments in a different color.
- parolee
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- Panther
-
noun,
the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- pathol.
-
- patroon
-
noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- ortolan
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- peccant
-
adjective,
sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- Pechora
-
noun,
a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- opercle
-
noun,
an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- ootheca
-
noun,
a case or capsule containing eggs, as that of certain gastropods and insects.
- penance
-
noun,
a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- nephron
-
noun,
the filtering and excretory unit of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and tubules.
- Oneonta
-
noun,
a city in E central New York.
- one-one
-
adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- pennate
-
adjective,
winged; feathered.
- pentane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- percale
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- Perchta
-
noun,
the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- petrol.
-
- nonhero
-
noun,
antihero.
- phaeton
-
noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- phonate
-
verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- pothole
-
noun,
a deep hole; pit.
- ecorche
-
noun,
an anatomical model of part or all of the human body with the skin removed, to allow study of the underlying musculature.
- enplane
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to board or put on board an airplane:
- rathole
-
noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- haplont
-
noun,
the haploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- Halpern
-
noun,
Daniel, born 1945, U.S. poet and editor.
- ethnol.
-
- ethanol
-
noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- epochal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of an epoch.
- enthral
-
verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entero-
-
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- hearten
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- enhance
-
verb (used with object),
to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify:
- enchant
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to magical influence; bewitch:
- Elpenor
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
- Elenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- elector
-
noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- replace
-
verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- replant
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- replete
-
noun,
Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
- ecotone
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- harpoon
-
noun,
a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- heathen
-
noun,
(in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- Laocoon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- preteen
-
noun,
Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- Laennec
-
noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- potoroo
-
noun,
any of several small, ratlike kangaroos of the genus Potorous, of Australia.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- precool
-
verb (used with object),
to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- preheat
-
verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- hoptree
-
noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- prelect
-
verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- honoree
-
noun,
a person who receives an honor, award, or special recognition.
- procto-
-
- Heather
-
noun,
any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
- prolate
-
adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- pronota
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- hetero-
-
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- heptane
-
noun,
any of nine isomeric hydrocarbons, C 7 H 16 , of the alkane series, some of which are obtained from petroleum: used in fuels as solvents, and as chemical intermediates.
- hepato-
-
- hencoop
-
noun,
a large cage or coop for housing poultry.
- raccoon
-
noun,
a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- Heerlen
-
noun,
a city in the SE Netherlands.
- heeltap
-
noun,
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- hectare
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- electr-
-
- charnel
-
noun,
a repository for dead bodies.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- Channel
-
noun,
the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- tranche
-
noun,
Finance.
one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment:
a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering:
- accrete
-
adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- chancre
-
noun,
the initial lesion of syphilis and certain other infectious diseases, commonly a more or less distinct ulcer or sore with a hard base.
- trochee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- toheroa
-
noun,
a large marine clam, Amphidesma ventricosum, of waters near New Zealand.
- chancer
-
noun,
a person who takes many risks.
- antero-
-
- chancel
-
noun,
the space about the altar of a church, usually enclosed, for the clergy and other officials.
- trachle
-
noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- chanter
-
noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- chalone
-
noun,
an endocrine secretion that depresses or inhibits physiological activity.
- trochal
-
adjective,
resembling a wheel.
- centro-
-
- Acheron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- chalco-
-
- caleche
-
noun,
Also, calash. (especially in Quebec, Canada) a type of calash pulled by a single horse, seating two passengers and having two wheels and a folding top.
- Charlot
-
noun,
Jean [jeen;; French zhahn] /dʒin;; French ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1898–1979, U.S. painter, lithographer, and illustrator; born in France and active in Mexico.
- cephal-
-
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- 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.
- Terence
-
noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- carpool
-
noun,
Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- terpene
-
noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- catcher
-
noun,
a person or thing that catches.
- cenacle
-
noun,
the room where the Last Supper took place.
- capelet
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- Charcot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Étienne Auguste [zhahn ba-teest ey-tyen oh-gyst] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist eɪˈtyɛn oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, French explorer.
- chapter
-
noun,
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- chaplet
-
noun,
a wreath or garland for the head.
- caroche
-
noun,
(in the 17th century) a luxurious or stately coach or carriage.
- Celaeno
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- alphorn
-
noun,
alpenhorn.
- Alencon
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- althorn
-
noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- cerato-
-
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- tropho-
-
- Helene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Helper
-
noun,
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- Rachel
-
noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- hecto-
-
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- rancho
-
noun,
a ranch.
- heeler
-
noun,
a person who heels shoes.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- Henoch
-
noun,
Enoch (defs 1, 2).
- holpen
-
verb,
a past participle of help.
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- archon
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- archt.
-
- Hooton
-
noun,
Earnest Albert [ur-nist] /ˈɜr nɪst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1954, U.S. anthropologist and writer.
- hooter
-
noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- hoopoe
-
noun,
any Old World bird of the family Upupidae, especially Upupa epops, of Europe, having an erectile, fanlike crest.
- hoopla
-
noun,
bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- Hooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- hoo-ha
-
noun,
an uproarious commotion.
- Honora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- honcho
-
noun,
a leader, especially an assertive leader; chief.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ptero-
-
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- proto-
-
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- hepta-
-
- hepcat
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- hepat-
-
- health
-
noun,
the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:
- ethno-
-
- Hathor
-
noun,
the goddess of love and joy, often represented with the head, horns, or ears of a cow.
- caplet
-
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- enhalo
-
verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- theol.
-
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- enter-
-
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- 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.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- elect.
-
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- carhop
-
noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- thoron
-
noun,
a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
- hapten
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- haplo-
-
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- cachet
-
noun,
an official seal, as on a letter or document.
- horol.
-
- cahoot
-
Idioms,
go cahoots, to share equally; become partners:
Also, go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.
- ethene
-
noun,
ethylene (def 2).
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- eroto-
-
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- cancel
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Horton
-
noun,
a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- penche
-
adjective,
performed or executed while leaning forward.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- penta-
-
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- ochone
-
interjection,
ohone.
- ocelot
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- pencel
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- petro-
-
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- aeron.
-
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- ahchoo
-
interjection,
(used to represent the sound of a person sneezing.)
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- pheno-
-
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- peahen
-
noun,
the female peafowl.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- panto-
-
- tropo-
-
- troph-
-
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- paleon
-
- paleo-
-
- patho-
-
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- ortho-
-
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- orphan
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- accel.
-
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- accept
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- 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.
- peeler
-
noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- Oporto
-
noun,
a port in NW Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Peerce
-
noun,
Jan (Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) 1904–84, U.S. opera singer.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- aceto-
-
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- hotcha
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of approval or delight, now often used facetiously.)
- antho-
-
- lepto-
-
- Lepcha
-
noun,
a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
- Charon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- poncho
-
noun,
a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- lecher
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- anthol
-
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- rococo
-
noun,
a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- lacto-
-
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- loathe
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- nephr-
-
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- phonet
-
- Nepean
-
noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- phono-
-
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- phonon
-
noun,
a quantum of sound or vibratory elastic energy, being the analogue of a photon of electromagnetic energy.
- Neenah
-
noun,
a city in E Wisconsin.
- photo-
-
- Photon
-
noun,
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- phren.
-
- 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.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- planch
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- narco-
-
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- plano-
-
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- anchor
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- pleach
-
verb (used with object),
to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- plench
-
noun,
a tool combining pliers and wrench: used especially by astronauts.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- Concha
-
noun,
Anatomy.
a shell-like structure, especially the external ear.
any turbinate bone, especially in the nose.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- Chance
-
noun,
the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency:
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- choler
-
noun,
irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- phenol
-
noun,
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Chelan
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- cerat-
-
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- cocoon
-
noun,
the silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects, as silkworms, serving as a covering while they are in the pupal stage.
- Cholon
-
noun,
a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, in S Vietnam.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- cholee
-
noun,
choli.
- teleo-
-
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- creche
-
noun,
a small or large modeled representation or tableau of Mary, Joseph, and others around the crib of Jesus in the stable at Bethlehem, as is displayed in homes or erected for exhibition in a community at Christmas season.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- carpo-
-
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cratch
-
noun,
a crib for fodder; manger.
- te-hee
-
noun,
a titter; snicker.
- choora
-
noun,
an Indian dagger having a sharply pointed, single-edged blade.
- cloche
-
noun,
a woman's close-fitting hat with a deep, bell-shaped crown and often a narrow, turned-down brim.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- tacho-
-
- cranch
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
crunch.
- clothe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire.
- Clotho
-
noun,
the Fate who spins the thread of life.
- Chapel
-
noun,
a private or subordinate place of prayer or worship; oratory.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- Concho
-
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- chlor-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- colent
-
- Colton
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- conch-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- celto-
-
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- contr.
-
- Chanel
-
noun,
Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- cootch
-
noun,
cooch.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- coeno-
-
- copro-
-
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- chole-
-
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- coolth
-
noun,
coolness.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- cohort
-
noun,
a group or company:
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- clench
-
noun,
the act of clenching.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- crotch
-
noun,
a forking or place of forking, as of the human body between the legs.
- choral
-
noun,
chorale.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- charco
-
noun,
a water hole, pool, or puddle.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- chaton
-
noun,
Also called chaton foil. an imitation gem of paste that has its pavilion backed with metal foil or silver to reflect light.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- cteno-
-
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Chron.
-
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- cheapo
-
noun,
Slang. cheapo.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- teleph
-
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- chol-
-
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Ochoa
-
noun,
Severo [suh-vair-oh;; Spanish se-ve-raw] /səˈvɛər oʊ;; Spanish sɛˈvɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–93, U.S. biochemist, born in Spain: Nobel Prize in medicine 1959.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anon.
-
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- pene-
-
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- acct.
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- colat
-
- oleo-
-
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- poche
-
noun,
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
- loche
-
noun,
the North American burbot.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Cohen
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- poet.
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- Chola
-
noun,
a teenage girl who associates closely with a gang of cholos or is the girlfriend of a cholo.
- acet-
-
- loach
-
noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- annot
-
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- pooch
-
noun,
a dog.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- octo-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- acro-
-
- Chloe
-
noun,
the lover of Daphnis in a Greek pastoral romance.
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- 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.
- Chaco
-
noun,
a part of the Gran Chaco region in central South America, in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. About 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tono-
-
- ohone
-
interjection,
alas!
- conc.
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- Port.
-
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- lect.
-
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- Pelee
-
noun,
Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- chap.
-
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- opto-
-
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- Peele
-
noun,
George, 1558?–97? English dramatist.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ante-
-
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- Lecce
-
noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- Penn.
-
- octa-
-
- anth-
-
- Colo.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- poach
-
verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- Cohan
-
noun,
George M(ichael) 1878–1942, U.S. actor, playwright, and producer.
- Tenn.
-
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- telo-
-
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- petr-
-
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- tele-
-
- cloth
-
noun,
a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- aleph
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- phore
-
- phot.
-
- cero-
-
- chopa
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- Neth.
-
- phon.
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- cert.
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nona-
-
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- phane
-
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- noct-
-
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- onto-
-
- Phene
-
noun,
any characteristic of an individual organism that is genetically determined.
- Alcor
-
- tera-
-
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- Necho
-
noun,
Prince of Sais and Prince of Memphis, flourished 633? b.c, chief of the Egyptian delta lords (father of Psamtik I).
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- 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.”.
- coele
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nacho
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- onco-
-
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- topo-
-
- plat.
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- coel-
-
- Plath
-
noun,
Sylvia, 1932–63, U.S. poet.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- pleo-
-
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- tech.
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- coach
-
noun,
a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- noto-
-
- plan-
-
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- natl.
-
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- achoo
-
interjection,
ahchoo.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- peta-
-
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- alto-
-
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- troch
-
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- pert.
-
- nano-
-
- aero-
-
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- potoo
-
noun,
any of several nocturnal birds of the family Nyctibiidae, of Mexico and Central and South America, related to the goatsuckers.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- epoch
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- ephah
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about a bushel (35 liters).
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- trop-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- pale-
-
- canc.
-
- ento-
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Cant.
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- rect.
-
- cent.
-
- halo-
-
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- cache
-
noun,
a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.:
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recpt
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- calc-
-
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- path-
-
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- corp.
-
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- corpn
-
- caco-
-
- Corpl
-
- Enoch
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- patr-
-
- 30-30
-
- rept.
-
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ecto-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- part.
-
- econ.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- ecol.
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- eccl.
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- rhet.
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- rhoea
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Parl.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- 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.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- carp-
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- encl.
-
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- theor
-
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pant-
-
- char-
-
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Capt.
-
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- theo-
-
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- rcpt.
-
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Hanno
-
noun,
Carthaginian statesman, fl. 3rd century b.c.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- cont.
-
- Hooch
-
noun,
alcoholic liquor.
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Honor
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- areo-
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Honan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Henan.
- 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.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- holo-
-
- pret.
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- herp.
-
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Prot.
-
- cooch
-
noun,
a sinuous, quasi-Oriental dance performed by a woman and characterized chiefly by suggestive gyrating and shaking of the body.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- proc.
-
- Arnel
-
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- pron.
-
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Orlon
-
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Apoc.
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- cheth
-
noun,
heth.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- lact-
-
- prae-
-
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- orch.
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- Thach
-
noun,
Edward, Teach, Edward.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- Hopeh
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Hebei.
- arche
-
- Arch.
-
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Conn.
-
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- hotch
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to fidget or shiver.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- hort.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- Orth.
-
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Copht
-
noun,
Copt.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- hect-
-
- Hecht
-
noun,
Also called bird dismount. a dismount, as from the horizontal bar, in which a gymnast releases the apparatus at the height of a backswing, sails forward with outstretched arms and legs, and lands upright on the feet.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- Ralph
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- Hatch
-
noun,
the act of hatching.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- Hench
-
noun,
Philip Showalter [shoh-awl-ter] /ˈʃoʊ ɔl tər/ (Show IPA), 1896–1965, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- henna
-
noun,
an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coop.
-
- teno-
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Cath.
-
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- acpt.
-
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- tRNA
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Pen.
-
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- tron
-
- pct.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- 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.
- pat.
-
- RONA
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- the-
-
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- RCCh
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tanh
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- 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.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- repl
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- 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.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- 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.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rpt.
-
- Rep.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rel.
-
- pro-
-
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- ter.
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- phr.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- Phar
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pnea
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- PERL
-
- perh
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- per.
-
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- tonn
-
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- pot.
-
- 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.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Pol.
-
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- top-
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- tchr
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- 1080
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Chr.
-
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Chal
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Ceto
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- HOLC
-
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- hol-
-
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- hor.
-
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- clep
-
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Lat.
-
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- cen.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Loch
-
noun,
a lake.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- 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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- cene
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- lea.
-
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- CERN
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Cort
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- Eph.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Eth.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- crat
-
- enl.
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- eco-
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ctr.
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- ect-
-
- ence
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- EEOC
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- enc.
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Col.
-
- coho
-
noun,
coho salmon.
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- coch
-
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- her.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- HEAO
-
- Hahn
-
noun,
Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- Con.
-
- hal-
-
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- par.
-
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- ant.
-
- ole-
-
- Alco
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- alt.
-
- ance
-
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- ann.
-
- cat.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- aph-
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- non-
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- apo-
-
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apr.
-
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Ont.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- OTOH
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- acc.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- Pal.
-
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- oro-
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- aet.
-
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- 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
-
- 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:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ACTH
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- OAPC
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- cac-
-
- neo-
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Neh.
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NCTE
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- ator
-
- Cal.
-
- Nah.
-
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cap.
-
- 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.
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- 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.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- Neph
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- art.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- at.
-
- CCA
-
- CRC
-
- Tro
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- CCP
-
- CCR
-
- CPR
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TRH
-
- CEC
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CPL
-
- CPA
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ACP
-
- CEA
-
- TAL
-
- CPO
-
- rte
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CTC
-
- THC
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- ROP
-
- 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.
- ap-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- CTA
-
- CRT
-
- CRP
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- RPO
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- rt.
-
- Clo
-
- ATC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- th-
-
- ANC
-
- tph
-
- Co.
-
- ch.
-
- cc.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- TLC
-
- Apl
-
- ca.
-
- ATP
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- cp.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- CLR
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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.
- APC
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- aor
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- TCA
-
- TPN
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CNC
-
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ae.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- AEC
-
- ean
-
- tlr
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CEO
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tpr
-
- cle
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ct.
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- AHE
-
- tlo
-
- AHL
-
- ALC
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- cr.
-
- cl.
-
- RCN
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCC
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PhL
-
- NHA
-
- NHL
-
- trp
-
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NOP
-
- POC
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- LOC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- 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.
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- NCO
-
- POA
-
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- 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.
- PLC
-
- LPN
-
- LTA
-
- LTh
-
- ltr
-
- PHA
-
- NPR
-
- LCT
-
- ot-
-
- OPA
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OTA
-
- oon
-
- ote
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- OOT
-
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- Npt
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- Oc.
-
- op.
-
- OTC
-
- OAO
-
- 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.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OCC
-
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- OCR
-
- OEO
-
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- Ola
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- oo-
-
- POR
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LCA
-
- Ehr
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- RCA
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- 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.
- HCR
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RCT
-
- EEO
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- heh
-
noun,
he2 .
- EPT
-
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- REA
-
- 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.
- Ep.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- hah
-
interjection,
ha.
- EOE
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- hr.
-
- HRH
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- EEE
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- EEC
-
- ROA
-
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- HRE
-
- ht.
-
- La.
-
- PRC
-
- Lt.
-
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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).
- PRA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Re.
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- EPA
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- RCP
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- RNA
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- T1
-
- AO
-
- RO
-
- TP
-
- t.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ee
-
- RP
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PH
-
- ol
-
- LR
-
- R.
-
- NP
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- HL
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- L.
-
- RC
-
- LC
-
- LH
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- L2
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RH
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- h.
-
- OA
-
- HH
-
- HP
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- TC
-
- CE
-
- NL
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NH
-
- TL
-
- RN
-
- le
-