Anagrams of contrapose
Word contrapose has
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- stonecrop
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- corantoes
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noun,
courante.
- capstone
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noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- patroons
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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.
- teaspoon
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noun,
a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- pronates
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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.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- spectro-
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- anoscope
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noun,
proctoscope.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- 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.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- cartoon
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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.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- pronate
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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.
- pronaos
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noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- procto-
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- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- cerato-
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- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- crotons
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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.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- stearo-
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- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- prances
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- arseno-
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- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- sterno-
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- arpents
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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.
- centro-
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- pronota
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- contra-
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- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- coopers
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- constr.
-
- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- ratoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- coronas
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- Sno-Cat
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- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- racoons
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noun,
raccoon.
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- Cortona
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noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- soprano
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noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- Atropos
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noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- toecaps
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- partons
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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.
- patroon
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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.
- octanes
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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.
- 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.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- transp.
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- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
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- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Cooper
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- Cooter
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noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- coopts
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verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- enrapt
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adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- paeons
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noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pacers
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noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- copter
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noun,
helicopter.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- copro-
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- copras
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noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- osteo-
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- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- necro-
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- rectos
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- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- copens
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noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- cooner
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noun,
coon dog.
- coapts
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verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sarco-
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- sapro-
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- sapote
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noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- cerat-
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- Nostoc
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noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- sacro-
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- Roscoe
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noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- rosace
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noun,
rosette (def 3).
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- octane
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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.
- coarse
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adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Octans
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noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Coates
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noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coeno-
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- Conroe
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noun,
a town in E Texas.
- no-par
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adjective,
without par or face value:
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- 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.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contr.
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- narco-
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- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- narcos
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noun,
narc.
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- ratoon
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- crepon
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- patron
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noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- eroto-
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- croons
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Croton
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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.
- pecans
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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.
- epacts
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noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- cteno-
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- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- penta-
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- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- prance
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- entrap
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Easton
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noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- ponces
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noun,
a pimp.
- Poncas
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- cornea
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- panto-
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- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- pantos
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noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- corona
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- parsec
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- parson
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noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- racoon
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noun,
raccoon.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- parton
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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.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
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- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Proton
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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.
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- costo-
-
- proto-
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- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pronto
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adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- patens
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- centr-
-
- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- caners
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noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- sporo-
-
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- atones
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- Sonora
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noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Cantor
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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.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- tropo-
-
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- troops
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noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tronas
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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.
- aceto-
-
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aeron.
-
- arsen-
-
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- 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.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- steno-
-
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- censor
-
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.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- Castor
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noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Carpet
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- scato-
-
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- 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.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- scoto-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terns
-
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.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- rect.
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- tono-
-
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- part.
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- teno-
-
- tera-
-
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- peta-
-
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- pert.
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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).
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- 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.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- 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.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- tears
-
- patr-
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- topo-
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- opto-
-
- OPers
-
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- sarc-
-
- 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.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- 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.
- 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.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- onto-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- 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.
- onco-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- octo-
-
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- pant-
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- treas
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- oste-
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- scat-
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- rept.
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- span-
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- resp.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spec.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- 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.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- rents
-
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.
- Scot.
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- sect.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rcpt.
-
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sero-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- post-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Port.
-
- 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):
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- poet.
-
- recpt
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- petr-
-
- prae-
-
- ster.
-
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- spor-
-
- pron.
-
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- proc.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- Srta.
-
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- step-
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- areo-
-
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- coop.
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- coots
-
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.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- aero-
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- cert.
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- naso-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- astr.
-
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- nears
-
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- asco-
-
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- copr-
-
- 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.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- Apoc.
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corp.
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- corpn
-
- ecto-
-
- 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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- econ.
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cero-
-
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Capt.
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acro-
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carp-
-
- caps.
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- actos
-
- noct-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noso-
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- acet-
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- 30-30
-
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- noto-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- acpt.
-
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- aeons
-
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.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cent.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- rpt.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SPCA
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ator
-
- sepn
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- pts.
-
- Ste.
-
- Cort
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- 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.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- pro-
-
- 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.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Cres
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- crat
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cap.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- psec
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- sec.
-
- 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.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- 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.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ates
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- 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.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Rep.
-
- RNAS
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- 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.
- Con.
-
- 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.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RONA
-
- cen.
-
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Ceto
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Can.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- 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.
- cet-
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- scr.
-
- 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.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- CERN
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ance
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- aet.
-
- top-
-
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- oro-
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- pat.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ter.
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- ant.
-
- 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.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- neo-
-
- est.
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- acr-
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- 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.
- not-
-
- Oct.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nor.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tRNA
-
- OAPC
-
- tron
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- 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.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- 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.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Ont.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- OPer
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- 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.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- ano-
-
- esp.
-
- pnea
-
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- 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.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eco-
-
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- ect-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- enc.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Apr.
-
- cts.
-
- str.
-
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- ctr.
-
- pot.
-
- 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):
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- apo-
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pen.
-
- pct.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- 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.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- eso-
-
- Pers
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- TSP
-
- ct.
-
- TSE
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SPR
-
- trp
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- APC
-
- 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.
- Ar.
-
- Tro
-
- TCA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- TCS
-
- ACP
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ast
-
- 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.
- aor
-
- ASR
-
- ACS
-
- TPN
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Co.
-
- 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.
- Sr.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- cp.
-
- Sta
-
- ANC
-
- St.
-
- cr.
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ca.
-
- ASN
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- spt
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tra
-
- 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.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- at.
-
- ARS
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- STP
-
- cs.
-
- ae.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ATC
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- AEC
-
- APS
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ase
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Npt
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- NCO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- PTO
-
- Esc
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ESR
-
- ESA
-
- OSP
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- POR
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- 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).
- en-
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERT
-
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERP
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ot-
-
- OSO
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- NPR
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- OAP
-
- ONR
-
- OAO
-
- OTC
-
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ons
-
- ose
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- NEC
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- NES
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- NOP
-
- 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:
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPA
-
- OOT
-
- oon
-
- 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.
- oo-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- POA
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- RPO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- CNO
-
- ROP
-
- CNS
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RSA
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- nr.
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- ea.
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CEO
-
- 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.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SCP
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CEA
-
- sc.
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- rt.
-
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RCA
-
- CRT
-
- CPO
-
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- PSA
-
- CST
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CPA
-
- CPR
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- CPS
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CRP
-
- PRC
-
- CRS
-
- CSA
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- RPS
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- eo-
-
- RCP
-
- PRA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-
- T1
-
- 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.
- OA
-
- t.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CE
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- RN
-
- TN
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NP
-
- R.
-
- NC
-
- RO
-
- SA
-
- N.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RP
-
- TP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TC
-
- S.
-
- SN
-