Anagrams of copulations
Word copulations has
1309 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of copulations.
- Apostolic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of an apostle.
- pulsation
-
noun,
the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- locutions
-
noun,
a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- platinous
-
adjective,
containing bivalent platinum.
- locations
-
noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- locution
-
noun,
a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- patinous
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adjective,
patinated.
- platino-
-
- Platonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines:
- 11-point
-
- platoons
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- location
-
noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- colonist
-
noun,
an inhabitant of a colony.
- Plotinus
-
noun,
a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- coal-pit
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noun,
a pit where coal is dug.
- Plutonic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- lunatics
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- auctions
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- coolants
-
noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- nuptials
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noun,
Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage.
- linocuts
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- Pactolus
-
noun,
a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- pontiacs
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- Polonius
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noun,
the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- copilots
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noun,
a pilot who is second in command of an aircraft.
- solution
-
noun,
the act of solving a problem, question, etc.:
- Alcinous
-
noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- Ilocanos
-
noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- captious
-
adjective,
apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
- osculant
-
adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- cautions
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- sit-upon
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noun,
a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- scapulo-
-
- optional
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adjective,
left to one's choice; not required or mandatory:
- unplaits
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verb (used with object),
to alter from a plaited state; unbraid, as hair.
- pai-loos
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- scotopia
-
noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- octopus
-
noun,
any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- consult
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noun,
a consultation.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- sociol.
-
- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- coolant
-
noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- linocut
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- scopula
-
noun,
a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
- nuptial
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noun,
Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage.
- pai-loo
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- outsail
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- outspan
-
noun,
the act or a place of outspanning.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- sculpin
-
noun,
any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- colonus
-
noun,
a serf in the latter period of the Roman Empire or in the early feudal period.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- Capitol
-
noun,
the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- soliton
-
- paniolo
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noun,
a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- caption
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noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- Canopus
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noun,
Astronomy. a first-magnitude star in the constellation Carina: the second brightest star in the heavens.
- optical
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noun,
opticals, optical effects.
- Sno-Cat
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- soupcon
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noun,
a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catnips
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noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- oilcups
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noun,
a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- spicula
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noun,
a spicule.
- scolion
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noun,
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- patulin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic, C 7 H 6 O 4 , derived from various fungi, as Penicillium patulum and Aspergillus clavatus.
- clip-on
-
noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- Paulist
-
noun,
a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- caplins
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noun,
capelin.
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Ilocano
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- Clapton
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noun,
Eric, born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.
- platoon
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- topsail
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noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- inclasp
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verb (used with object),
enclasp.
- topsoil
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noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- plutons
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noun,
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- actino-
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- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- unclasp
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verb (used with object),
to undo the clasp or clasps of; unfasten.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- insculp
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verb (used with object),
to carve in or on something; engrave.
- lunatic
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- Pilatus
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noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6998 feet (2130 meters).
- uncials
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noun,
an uncial letter.
- cupolas
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noun,
Architecture.
a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
a dome, especially one covering a circular or polygonal area.
- plastic
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noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- unplait
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verb (used with object),
to alter from a plaited state; unbraid, as hair.
- topical
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noun,
Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
- pointal
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noun,
pointel.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- copulas
-
noun,
something that connects or links together.
- lotions
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- upsilon
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Utopian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Utopia.
- cop-out
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noun,
an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion:
- copious
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adjective,
large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful:
- utopias
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noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- copilot
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noun,
a pilot who is second in command of an aircraft.
- 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.
- plano-
-
- panto-
-
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- pantos
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noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- clouts
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noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Pansil
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noun,
Pancha Sila.
- incult
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adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- pintas
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noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- saloop
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- plani-
-
- cut-in
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noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pinots
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- Piston
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noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- Pisano
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noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- pilous
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adjective,
pilose.
- pilots
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noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Plains
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noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plaint
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noun,
a complaint.
- pistol
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noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Cloots
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- scato-
-
- icono-
-
- clino-
-
- cupola
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noun,
Architecture.
a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
a dome, especially one covering a circular or polygonal area.
- polios
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noun,
poliomyelitis.
- coapts
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verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- consol
-
noun,
singular of consols.
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- Pontus
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noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- costo-
-
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- pontil
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noun,
punty.
- Poitou
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noun,
a region and former province in W France.
- copula
-
noun,
something that connects or links together.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- Poncas
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- coopts
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verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- picots
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noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- polit.
-
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- coupon
-
noun,
a portion of a certificate, ticket, label, advertisement, or the like, set off from the main body by dotted lines or the like to emphasize its separability, entitling the holder to something, as a gift or discount, or for use as an order blank, a contest entry form, etc.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- coatis
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- patios
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noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- scoto-
-
- copals
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- pliant
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adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- ptisan
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noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- potion
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- poults
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- pluton
-
noun,
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- colous
-
- Potosi
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noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- piculs
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- Colton
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noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- sculp.
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- aniso-
-
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- nocti-
-
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- sculpt
-
verb (used with or without object),
Fine Arts. to carve, model, or make by using the techniques of sculpture.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Toulon
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France: naval base.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- Utopia
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- upcast
-
noun,
an act of casting upward.
- unstop
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- acious
-
- uncool
-
adjective,
not self-assured or relaxed:
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- uncaps
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- Ulpian
-
noun,
(Domitius Ulpianus) died a.d. 288? Roman jurist.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Tuinal
-
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- lacto-
-
- socio-
-
- oilcup
-
noun,
a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- catsup
-
noun,
ketchup.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- opacus
-
adjective,
(of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- oculo-
-
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- pilau
-
noun,
pilaf.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- opto-
-
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- ocul-
-
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- pant-
-
- nuci-
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- noso-
-
- noto-
-
- Pauli
-
noun,
Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- octa-
-
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- pico-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- octo-
-
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- natl.
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- picul
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- naso-
-
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- onto-
-
- onco-
-
- naut.
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- noct-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Supt.
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- span-
-
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- tious
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- ulpan
-
noun,
an institute or school for intensive study of Hebrew, especially by immigrants to Israel.
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- uncap
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- UNCIO
-
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Unit.
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- USLTA
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tonia
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tono-
-
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topo-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- post-
-
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pocul
-
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plan-
-
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- plast
-
- plat.
-
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- plio-
-
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sino-
-
- sito-
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Scot.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- sanit
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scat-
-
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- colat
-
- asco-
-
- incl.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- icons
-
- Apoc.
-
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- culpa
-
noun,
Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect (distinguished from dolus):
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- 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.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- 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.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- insol
-
- coop.
-
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lact-
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- alti-
-
- insp.
-
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- Ital.
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- inst.
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Capt.
-
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- auto.
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- caus.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- caps.
-
- Aust.
-
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- 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.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Colo.
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- ation
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lipo-
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- actos
-
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- acpt.
-
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- 30-30
-
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- atic
-
- psia
-
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- PSAT
-
- pts.
-
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Con.
-
- pot.
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- 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.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- USIA
-
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Col.
-
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- USCA
-
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- pos.
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- cts.
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- asc-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- 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.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- 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.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- lit.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- USNA
-
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- cat.
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- SLIC
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- SPCA
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- 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.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Soni
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- soln
-
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- cap.
-
- 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.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sat.
-
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Aus.
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cis-
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- aut-
-
- USTC
-
- USPO
-
- 1080
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- ACLS
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- oto-
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- NTIA
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Pan.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- iso-
-
- ano-
-
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- top-
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- itol
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- pat.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lin.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oct.
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ulto
-
- OAPC
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lani
-
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- opia
-
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- 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.
- Alis
-
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Ont.
-
- Alco
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nos-
-
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- lip-
-
- uni-
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ACLU
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ins.
-
- pil-
-
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- tion
-
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ious
-
- Inc.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- apo-
-
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Cal.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- 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.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- pct.
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- ANTU
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ac-
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- ASN
-
- al.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CAI
-
- TIA
-
- UNO
-
- ALC
-
- cl.
-
- ast
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ct.
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ap-
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- AUC
-
- spt
-
- USA
-
- AIC
-
- unp
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- unc
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- APS
-
- ult
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ASI
-
- USC
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- TAL
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- uns
-
- UIT
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cs.
-
- Apl
-
- an.
-
- ACS
-
- USP
-
- USO
-
- Tu.
-
- ANC
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- TLC
-
- ALU
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Sta
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- St.
-
- UPC
-
- ACP
-
- UPI
-
- AOU
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tlo
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ATC
-
- uti
-
- cp.
-
- up-
-
- Co.
-
- STL
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ATP
-
- ASU
-
- STI
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- APC
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- at.
-
- STP
-
- USN
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- UTC
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Pa.
-
- Lt.
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTS
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- OSO
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ps.
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- 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-
-
- ons
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- ONI
-
- pc.
-
- pt.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- IPS
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PTO
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Isl
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- La.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
-
- IOC
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NCO
-
- LOC
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LPN
-
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- NOC
-
- NOP
-
- OIt
-
- OAS
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- OCS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAP
-
- Npt
-
- OAO
-
- OTC
-
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUL
-
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ISA
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PSA
-
- So.
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- PUC
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSC
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- CPA
-
- POC
-
- POA
-
- CPI
-
- CPL
-
- CPO
-
- CPS
-
- Sp.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- CPU
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SNU
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SLP
-
- CIA
-
- SLA
-
- CIP
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SCP
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- sc.
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- CLU
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CSA
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ics
-
- ITU
-
- PLO
-
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIO
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- io-
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CSO
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- pli
-
- PLC
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- L1
-
- TP
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- IP
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- PU
-
- i.
-
- TN
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SN
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- L2
-
- TL
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- t.
-
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- UL
-
- OA
-
- UC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- O.
-
- LC
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- L.
-
- UI
-
- CU
-
- U.
-
- ln
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- ic
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- SU
-
- ol
-
- AO
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.