Anagrams of compression
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1017 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of compression.
- procession
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noun,
the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
- spoonerism
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noun,
the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- conspires
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- moonrises
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noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- comprises
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Idioms,
be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
- Moriscoes
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noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- empoisons
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verb (used with object),
to corrupt:
- Coreopsis
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Coreopsis, including familiar garden species having yellow, brownish, or yellow-and-red ray flowers.
- composers
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noun,
a person or thing that composes.
- compress
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
- composes
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verb (used with object),
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements:
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- Princess
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noun,
a nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Ericsson
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noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- composer
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noun,
a person or thing that composes.
- Peronism
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noun,
the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- crispens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- Moriscos
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noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- crimsons
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- scorpios
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noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- ionomers
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- corpsmen
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noun,
U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- semipros
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adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- moonrise
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noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- comprise
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Idioms,
be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
- promises
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noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- omicrons
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- empoison
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verb (used with object),
to corrupt:
- pocosins
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- censors
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Scorpio
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noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- omicron
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- Morison
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noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- process
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noun,
a systematic series of actions directed to some end:
- sponsor
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noun,
a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- coopers
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- isomers
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- scrimps
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verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- scroops
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noun,
a scrooping sound.
- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- seismo-
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- impers.
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- semipro
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adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- impones
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- imposes
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- cosines
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- impress
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noun,
the act of impressing.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- ionomer
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Oscines
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- Morisco
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noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- noisome
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adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- promise
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noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- spermo-
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- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- eonisms
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- come-on
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noun,
inducement; lure.
- prisons
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Simpson
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noun,
James Young, 1811–70, Scottish professor of obstetrics and obstetrician: pioneer in use of ether and chloroform as anesthetics.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- porcino
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noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- simpers
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noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- compose
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verb (used with object),
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements:
- Comorin
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noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- microns
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- morions
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noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- cession
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noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- spermic
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adjective,
spermatic.
- operons
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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.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- poisons
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- icono-
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- Simeon
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noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Simons
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noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- promos
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noun,
promotion (def 5).
- sermon
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noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- simper
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noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- eosins
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- proems
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noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- enosis
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noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- MSCons
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- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- eonism
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- imper.
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- micro-
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- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Merops
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- osmose
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noun,
osmosis.
- Mersin
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noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- moonie
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noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- mesons
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noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- messin
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noun,
messan.
- Monroe
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noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- osmics
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noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- romeos
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noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- micron
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- micros
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noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- monies
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noun,
a plural of money.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- minces
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- roomie
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noun,
roommate.
- Roscoe
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noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- impose
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- income
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- morose
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adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- morons
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noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Pisces
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noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- scroop
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noun,
a scrooping sound.
- scrips
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noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Moroni
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noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- scrims
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noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scrimp
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verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scorns
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- scores
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scopes
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noun,
John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- isomer
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- isopor
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noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- piscos
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noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- SCOOPS
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noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- scones
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- morion
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noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- scions
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noun,
a descendant.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- remiss
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adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- necro-
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- misers
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noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- sopors
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noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- coeno-
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- nooses
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- cnemis
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noun,
the tibia or shin.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- spines
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- corses
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noun,
corpse.
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- cosies
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noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Cosimo
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noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- cosmo-
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- COSMOS
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noun,
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
- sonics
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noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- cossie
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noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- opsins
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- spices
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noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- copses
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noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- somni-
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- Cooper
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- compos
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noun,
composition material.
- sperm-
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- comose
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adjective,
hairy; comate.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Conroe
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noun,
a town in E Texas.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- cooner
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noun,
coon dog.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- poison
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- copro-
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- copens
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noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- comers
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noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- sperms
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noun,
semen.
- picro-
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- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copies
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noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- porion
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Miseno
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noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- pooris
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- snoose
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noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- socmen
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noun,
sokeman.
- cross-
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- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Crosse
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noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- spoons
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noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- snoops
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noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- spoors
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noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- snipes
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noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- ponces
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noun,
a pimp.
- sporo-
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- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Empson
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noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- croons
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- socio-
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- crisps
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noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- crepon
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- primes
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- spiro-
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- Somers
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- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- operon
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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.
- crimps
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noun,
the act of crimping.
- primos
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noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- Moore
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noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- monic
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adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- onco-
-
- moors
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noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- repic
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noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Miss.
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- resp.
-
- misos
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noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- Ponce
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noun,
a pimp.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- miso-
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- mono-
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 30-30
-
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPers
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- omni-
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- reni-
-
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- prim.
-
- MPers
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- recip
-
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- opsis
-
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- promo
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- proc.
-
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- prom.
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- poss.
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- noso-
-
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- prem.
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Pres.
-
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- nomo-
-
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- crim.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corpn
-
- corp.
-
- corns
-
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.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- cores
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sino-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- econ.
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- peri-
-
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- copr-
-
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- cero-
-
- spoom
-
noun,
a kind of sherbet made from fruit juice or wine, mixed after freezing with uncooked meringue.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- pico-
-
- spies
-
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Cons.
-
- 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).
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coop.
-
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- spec.
-
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Comr.
-
- comps
-
noun,
a compositor.
- compo
-
noun,
composition material.
- comp.
-
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- scops
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Pomos
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- osmo-
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- mero-
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- meno-
-
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- sero-
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- misc.
-
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Episc
-
- Seric
-
- Epis.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- simps
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- insp.
-
- incor
-
- insep
-
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- incr.
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- semi-
-
- icons
-
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pomo
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- 1080
-
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- sepn
-
- Sem.
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- sec.
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- scr.
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- sci.
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Soni
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- 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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pre-
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psec
-
- prs.
-
- pro-
-
- prin
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prec
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- pos.
-
- 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):
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- RCMP
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Rom.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- epi-
-
- MSCE
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Emp.
-
- enc.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- MSCP
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- msec
-
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Cres
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- MSIE
-
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- ISSN
-
- MSSc
-
- MSPE
-
- eco-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Imp.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mes-
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Inc.
-
- men-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- ins.
-
- MCPO
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ire.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Mic.
-
- IMCO
-
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mon.
-
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- mis-
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MIPS
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Ice.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- min.
-
- nom.
-
- iso-
-
- cis-
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Com.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Con.
-
- 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.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- o-os
-
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.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- CERN
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cen.
-
- osis
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- oro-
-
- cir.
-
- OPer
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Cmon
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Pen.
-
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- Cor.
-
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Pers
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- per.
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- 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.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- ise
-
- IRS
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- SPS
-
- cs.
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- SSN
-
- ier
-
- IOC
-
- CEO
-
- se-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SPR
-
- IPO
-
- SCS
-
- SRS
-
- SSE
-
- ipr
-
- ine
-
- SSC
-
- IPM
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IPS
-
- ss.
-
- ior
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ir.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- IRC
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- SCP
-
- SSI
-
- Sr.
-
- in.
-
- IRO
-
- SSM
-
- CPM
-
- io-
-
- CSO
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- ECM
-
- SMS
-
- ec-
-
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- CSR
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CRS
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CRP
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- CPI
-
- CPS
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- EMR
-
- ics
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ESR
-
- CIP
-
- Esc
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- CNM
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- EPS
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- en-
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ISR
-
- OCR
-
- NPR
-
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- op.
-
- OCS
-
- NOP
-
- OEM
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- Om.
-
- PRC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ne-
-
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- NCO
-
- NEC
-
- NOC
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- POR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- PSS
-
- PIO
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pm.
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- OSS
-
- PCI
-
- PCM
-
- PCS
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pc.
-
- OSP
-
- ONI
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- 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.
- oon
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPM
-
- OSO
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- 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.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- ose
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- POC
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- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- SSR
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- MIP
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rs.
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- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
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noun,
moccasin.
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- RSS
-
- RSE
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- RMC
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- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROI
-
- moo
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noun,
a mooing sound.
- MIE
-
- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MEP
-
- Meo
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noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ROP
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- MEC
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noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MCR
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- MCP
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- MCI
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- M-1
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noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- RPM
-
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MOI
-
- RPO
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- Mo.
-
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- SCM
-
- Mc-
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- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
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- Re.
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- sc.
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- SRO
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- MOP
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noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- RPS
-
- RCN
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- MRI
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- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RCS
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- MRE
-
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- RCP
-
- Sp.
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- MPE
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- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- So.
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- MRP
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- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MOR
-
- Me.
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- IP
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- SM
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- MP
-
- CE
-
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- S.
-
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- CM
-
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- R.
-
- 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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RI
-
- N.
-
- M.
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- SN
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- NI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NP
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- RN
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- EI
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- NM
-
- RP
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- MN
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- i.
-
- RC
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- ic
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- RO
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- NC
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