Anagrams of Eoanthropus
Word Eoanthropus has
1527 anagrams
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- post-horn
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noun,
a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches.
- Parthenos
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noun,
an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- orthopnea
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noun,
difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- anthropo-
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- hornpouts
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noun,
horned pout.
- apterous
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adjective,
Zoology. wingless, as some insects.
- phaseout
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noun,
an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- Stanhope
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noun,
a light, open, one-seated, horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels.
- teaspoon
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noun,
a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- anthrop.
-
- Sheraton
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noun,
Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- hoopster
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noun,
a basketball player.
- shea-nut
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noun,
the seed of the shea tree and the source of shea butter.
- hapteron
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noun,
a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- taphouse
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noun,
an inn or tavern where liquor for sale is kept on tap.
- phaetons
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noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- patroons
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- housetop
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noun,
the top or roof of a house.
- harpoons
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noun,
a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- one-shot
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noun,
a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
- no-hoper
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noun,
a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- sphaero-
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- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- Southern
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) southerner (def 2).
- phonates
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verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- unearths
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verb (used with object),
to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- Southron
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noun,
Southern U.S. southerner (def 2).
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- phorates
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- hornpout
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noun,
horned pout.
- Pasteur
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- Atropos
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noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- patroon
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- pothers
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noun,
commotion; uproar.
- shorten
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verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- Suharto
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noun,
1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- pterous
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- punster
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noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- neutro-
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- hoarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become hoarse.
- nephro-
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- Nerthus
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noun,
goddess of fertility, described by Tacitus in his Germania: later appeared in Scandinavian mythology as the god Njord.
- Pasture
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noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- phonate
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verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- tropous
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- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- tropho-
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- Houston
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noun,
Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- pronota
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- tephras
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noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- phaeton
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noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- sharpen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sharp or sharper.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- transp.
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- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- Hotspur
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noun,
an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- shooter
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noun,
a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.:
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- earshot
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noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- hooters
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noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- saunter
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- Hunters
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noun,
a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
- hoopers
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noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- honours
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noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- Austro-
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- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- thorons
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noun,
a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
- pronaos
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noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- strophe
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noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- phreno-
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- photons
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noun,
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- uptears
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verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- unearth
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verb (used with object),
to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- thronos
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noun,
an ancient Greek chair, usually highly ornamented, having a high seat and back and rectangular turned or carved legs ending in animal feet.
- souther
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noun,
a wind or storm from the south.
- ratoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- onerous
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adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- anthers
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noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- haptens
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noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- Anterus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
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- onshore
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adverb,
onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water:
- threaps
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noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Another
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pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- outspan
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noun,
the act or a place of outspanning.
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- harpoon
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noun,
a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- Thoreau
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noun,
Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- sphero-
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- spheno-
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- soprano
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noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Sephora
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noun,
Zipporah.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Orpheus
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noun,
Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orphans
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noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- 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.
- outsoar
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verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- Ouranos
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noun,
Uranus (def 2).
- thenars
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noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- senhora
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noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- phorous
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- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- toheroa
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noun,
a large marine clam, Amphidesma ventricosum, of waters near New Zealand.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- unstrap
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verb (used with object),
to take off or slacken the strap of.
- Panther
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noun,
the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- sterno-
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- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- unroots
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- uproots
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verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- unhorse
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verb (used with object),
to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle:
- phorate
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- arseno-
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- hepato-
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- stearo-
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- thenar
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noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- seraph
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noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- thanes
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noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- phonos
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noun,
phonograph.
- Shaper
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noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- haunts
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noun,
Often, haunts. a place frequently visited:
- phones
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noun,
telephone (def 1).
- phonet
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- tephra
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noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- phono-
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- hausen
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noun,
beluga (def 1).
- shapen
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adjective,
having a designated shape (usually used in combination):
- Pontus
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noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- photo-
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- thoron
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noun,
a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
- Pharos
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noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- Photon
-
noun,
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- Honora
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noun,
a female given name.
- honors
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noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- set-up
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noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- Honour
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noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- honest
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adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- phrase
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noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phasor
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noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- pheno-
-
- hepat-
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- Hooper
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noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- Seurat
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- phren.
-
- Hearst
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noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- phanos
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noun,
fanon.
- hooter
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noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- hoarse
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adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- hepta-
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- steno-
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- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- hornet
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noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- outran
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verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- paeons
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noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- panto-
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- pantos
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noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- ouphes
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noun,
an elf or goblin.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- nother
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adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- parous
-
- nosher
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noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- Sonora
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noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- sprout
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noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Sopher
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noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- orphan
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noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- ortho-
-
- operon
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- spathe
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noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- osteo-
-
- Sophar
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noun,
Zophar.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sporo-
-
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- soothe
-
verb (used with object),
to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh:
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- onrush
-
noun,
a strong forward rush, flow, etc.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- parson
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noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- taupes
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noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Huston
-
noun,
John, 1906–87, U.S. film director and writer.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- penta-
-
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- Hunter
-
noun,
a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
- tarso-
-
- Huerta
-
noun,
Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
- tauro-
-
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- Horton
-
noun,
a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petro-
-
- peanut
-
noun,
the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- super-
-
- Pashto
-
noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- supra-
-
- neuro-
-
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Nethou
-
noun,
Pic de [French peek duh] /French pik də/ (Show IPA) a mountain in NE Spain: highest peak of the Pyrenees. 11,165 feet (3400 meters).
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- nephr-
-
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patho-
-
- pathos
-
noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- austr-
-
- uproot
-
verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- prutah
-
noun,
a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.
- author
-
noun,
a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- proto-
-
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- urano-
-
- antho-
-
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- arsen-
-
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- unhasp
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen the hasp of.
- pusher
-
noun,
a person or thing that pushes.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- Tursha
-
noun,
an ancient people of the Mediterranean region, variously identified with the Lydians, Etruscans, or Trojans.
- rouths
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- Ashton
-
noun,
Sir Frederick (William) 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- unstop
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- troph-
-
- tropo-
-
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- sapro-
-
- ptero-
-
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- upshot
-
noun,
the final issue, the conclusion, or the result:
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- Thurs.
-
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- ethno-
-
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- Pothos
-
noun,
any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Potash
-
noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Europa
-
noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- aeron.
-
- Ushant
-
noun,
an island off the NW coast of France: naval battles 1778, 1794. 4½ miles (7 km) long.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- hapten
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- utero-
-
- porous
-
adjective,
full of pores.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- eroto-
-
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- tophus
-
noun,
a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- shunt
-
noun,
the act of shunting; shift.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Orth.
-
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rhoea
-
- part.
-
- Routh
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- sooth
-
noun,
truth, reality, or fact.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- shpt.
-
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- rhet.
-
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- rept.
-
- oste-
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Sotho
-
noun,
a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- resp.
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- pant-
-
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Shute
-
noun,
Nevil (Nevil Shute Norway) 1899–1960, British novelist and aeronautical engineer.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- ouphe
-
noun,
an elf or goblin.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prahu
-
noun,
proa.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- prae-
-
- phane
-
- pret.
-
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- petr-
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Sept.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- sero-
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Port.
-
- poet.
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- post-
-
- phot.
-
- phore
-
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- phon.
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- shout
-
noun,
a loud call or cry:
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- patr-
-
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- path-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- ruths
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- shoot
-
noun,
the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Prus.
-
- peta-
-
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Prot.
-
- Shaun
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- pert.
-
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- shoon
-
noun,
plural of shoe.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- poohs
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- haunt
-
noun,
Often, haunts. a place frequently visited:
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- haust
-
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- haute
-
adverb,
aloud; loudly.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Theos
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Esth.
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- tono-
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- theor
-
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- tera-
-
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- hoots
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- hort.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Horus
-
noun,
a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- hosp.
-
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- hoops
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- herp.
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- herns
-
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Honor
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topo-
-
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- areo-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- uran-
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- Ashur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- 30-30
-
- Uther
-
noun,
king of Britain and father of Arthur.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Usher
-
noun,
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aero-
-
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anth-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ento-
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- trop-
-
- astr.
-
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- 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.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Aust.
-
- auth.
-
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- auto.
-
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- treas
-
- teno-
-
- theo-
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- 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.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- spor-
-
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- noso-
-
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- Supt.
-
- neut.
-
- neur-
-
- Neth.
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- surah
-
noun,
a soft, twilled silk or rayon fabric.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- step-
-
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ohone
-
interjection,
alas!
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Srta.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ster.
-
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- noto-
-
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- onto-
-
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Nehru
-
noun,
Jawaharlal [juh-wah-her-lahl] /dʒəˈwɑ hər lɑl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi).
- hurts
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- opto-
-
- span-
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Hurst
-
noun,
Fannie, 1889–1968, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Huron
-
noun,
a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Hunts
-
noun,
Huntingdonshire.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- 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).
- tears
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- House
-
noun,
a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- Hours
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- naso-
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- nears
-
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- OPers
-
- naut.
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Rus.
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- RONA
-
- SOHO
-
noun,
a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
- Rush
-
noun,
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Ruth
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- 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.
- USAR
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- USHA
-
noun,
Dawn, a Vedic deity, daughter of Sky and sister of Night.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- uro-
-
- uret
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- USNA
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Tush
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tush!”.
- 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.
- rpt.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- USPO
-
- Utah
-
noun,
a state in the W United States. 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Capital: Salt Lake City.
Abbreviation: UT (for use with zip code), Ut.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tanh
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sepn
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- thou
-
noun,
one thousand dollars, pounds, etc.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Thun
-
noun,
a city in central Switzerland, on the Aar River, near the Lake of Thun.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- taur
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- ter.
-
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- the-
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- shoo
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- thru
-
preposition, adverb, adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of through.
- supr
-
- Tues
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ten.
-
- shut
-
noun,
the act or time of shutting or closing.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Ste.
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tRNA
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tron
-
- 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.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- Sra.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- saur
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Thur
-
- top-
-
- thus
-
adverb,
in the way just indicated; in this way:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- str.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- shr.
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Nah.
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- hurt
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- Neh.
-
- neo-
-
- Neph
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- 1080
-
- Hupa
-
noun,
an Athabaskan Indian language of NW California.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- hor.
-
- Hunt
-
noun,
an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hour
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- huns
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- Nor.
-
- nos-
-
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- OTOH
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- OPer
-
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Oahu
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii: third largest and most important island of the state; location of Honolulu. 589 sq. mi. (1525 sq. km).
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- oohs
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- 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.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ator
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aph-
-
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- HEAO
-
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- her.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Eur.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- Eph.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Eth.
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pers
-
- perh
-
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- per.
-
- pot.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- purs
-
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- pos.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Phar
-
- phr.
-
- pnea
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- prs.
-
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pan.
-
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- RNAS
-
- pro-
-
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- PSAT
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- pre-
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- RTS
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- tra
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- So.
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SAE
-
- tph
-
- TPN
-
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- Sp.
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- Ehr
-
- rte
-
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- rt.
-
- SRO
-
- en-
-
- EPT
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- ESA
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- ETO
-
- ESU
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- Re.
-
- ETS
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ERT
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- eu-
-
- RPS
-
- 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.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPS
-
- hr.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RSE
-
- 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.
- RSA
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- 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.
- aor
-
- ur-
-
- AOU
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ure
-
- APS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- up-
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- uns
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- ROP
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- UNO
-
- ae.
-
- ap-
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USR
-
- USP
-
- USO
-
- USN
-
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AHE
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ahu
-
noun,
a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- unp
-
- ARU
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eo-
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TSP
-
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Tro
-
- RPO
-
- TRH
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rs.
-
- TSH
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ase
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- REA
-
- Une
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- ASN
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Tu.
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tue
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- 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.
- OAU
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Sr.
-
- OEO
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- spt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- SPR
-
- OAO
-
- OSA
-
- oo-
-
- STP
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- NOP
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- PHA
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- op.
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- sho
-
- 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.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Shu
-
noun,
the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- shp
-
- OTS
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- sht
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- OTA
-
- Pa.
-
- SNU
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- oon
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- OOT
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OSP
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ose
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- OSO
-
- 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.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Hue
-
noun,
a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
- ht.
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- PSE
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- POR
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- PSA
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HUT
-
noun,
a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- Hus
-
noun,
Jan [jan;; Czech yahn] /dʒæn;; Czech yɑn/ (Show IPA), Huss, John.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Hun
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- Hts
-
- HST
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- hrs
-
- HRE
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- PRA
-
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SHA
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- NHS
-
- NHA
-
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- SAR
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- NES
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- pho
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noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- PHS
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- Hen
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noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- HEP
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adjective,
hip4 .
- th-
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- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- POA
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- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ne-
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- NEA
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RO
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- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- PU
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- S.
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- h.
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- SA
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- AO
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- TN
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- HP
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- RP
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SU
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- NH
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- sh
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interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- PH
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- t.
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- eh
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interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- O.
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- OA
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- R.
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- U.
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- TP
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- UH
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interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- RU
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- OH
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noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- NP
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- RN
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RH
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
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