Anagrams of hyperactivities
Word hyperactivities has
2175 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of hyperactivities.
- hairpieces
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noun,
a toupee.
- perithecia
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noun,
the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- veracities
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noun,
habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness:
- tsarevitch
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noun,
czarevitch.
- activities
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noun,
the state or quality of being active:
- tracheitis
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noun,
inflammation of the trachea.
- sphericity
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noun,
a spherical state or form.
- archetypes
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noun,
the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- recitative
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of recital.
- ascriptive
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adjective,
pertaining to, involving, or indicating ascription, especially the ascribing of qualities or characteristics.
- physiatric
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noun,
physical medicine.
- precisive
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adjective,
separating or distinguishing (a person or thing) from another or others:
- eparchies
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noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- epithecia
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noun,
the surface layer of tissue of the fruiting body of lichens and fungi, formed by the union of the tips of the paraphyses over the spore sacs.
- vice-pres
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- atheistic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism:
- therapist
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noun,
a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- charities
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noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- patristic
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adjective,
of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- aperitive
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noun,
an aperient.
- iterative
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adjective,
repeating; making repetition; repetitious.
- stitchery
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noun,
needlework.
- aesthetic
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noun,
the philosophical theory or set of principles governing the idea of beauty at a given time and place:
- triptychs
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noun,
Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
- Peiraievs
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noun,
Greek name of Piraeus.
- trichites
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noun,
any of various minute, hairlike mineral bodies occurring in certain vitreous igneous rocks, especially obsidian.
- therapies
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noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- theatrics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
- catteries
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noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- hepatitis
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noun,
inflammation of the liver, caused by a virus or a toxin and characterized by jaundice, liver enlargement, and fever.
- type-cast
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adjective,
(of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
- chivarees
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noun, verb (used with object),
shivaree.
- variscite
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noun,
a secondary mineral, hydrated phosphate of aluminum, Al(PO 4)⋅2H 2 O, occurring mainly as massive, bluish-green nodules: sometimes used as a gem.
- privities
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noun,
private or secret knowledge.
- crepitate
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verb (used without object),
to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- varieties
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noun,
the state of being varied or diversified:
- Parcheesi
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- trachytes
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noun,
a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting essentially of alkali feldspar and one or more subordinate minerals, as hornblende or mica: the extrusive equivalent of syenite.
- catheters
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noun,
a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, especially one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or arm vein for diagnostic examination.
- hairpiece
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noun,
a toupee.
- privacies
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noun,
the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion:
- tephrites
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noun,
a basaltic rock consisting essentially of pyroxene and plagioclase with nepheline or leucite.
- partitive
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noun,
Grammar. a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.
- archetype
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noun,
the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- triphasic
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noun,
a combination drug given in three phases and eliciting three physiological effects.
- caritive
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adjective,
(in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
- hearties
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noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- piracies
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noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- pitchers
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- heavyset
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adjective,
having a large body build.
- tri-city
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noun,
any one of three such cities.
- hectares
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noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- thievery
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noun,
the act or practice of thieving; theft.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- severity
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noun,
harshness, sternness, or rigor:
- Varitype
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verb (used with object),
to set (type) on a Varityper.
- Asherite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Asher.
- privates
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noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- asperity
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noun,
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony:
- Prithivi
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noun,
a Vedic goddess personifying the earth and fertility.
- theriacs
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- triptych
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noun,
Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
- preheats
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verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- shivaree
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noun,
a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
- preaches
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verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- Thespiae
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noun,
a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- tristich
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noun,
a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.
- thirties
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noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- trachyte
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noun,
a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting essentially of alkali feldspar and one or more subordinate minerals, as hornblende or mica: the extrusive equivalent of syenite.
- Chastity
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noun,
the state or quality of being chaste.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- chatters
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noun,
purposeless or foolish talk.
- spectate
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verb (used without object),
to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- cheaters
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noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- hysteria
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noun,
an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric
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noun,
Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- tapestry
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noun,
a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- chitters
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verb (used without object),
to twitter.
- tractive
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adjective,
having or exerting traction; drawing.
- chivaree
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noun, verb (used with object),
shivaree.
- Christie
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noun,
Agatha, 1891–1976, English novelist of detective fiction.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- creative
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adjective,
having the quality or power of creating.
- stretchy
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adjective,
having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- cytaster
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noun,
aster.
- Strachey
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noun,
(Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- Cytherea
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noun,
Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- pastiche
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noun,
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- Chartist
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noun,
a specialist in the stock market who studies and draws charts of trading actions.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- herpetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- phreatic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to ground water.
- catheter
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noun,
a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, especially one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or arm vein for diagnostic examination.
- hepatics
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noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- Pharisee
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noun,
a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- cavities
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noun,
any hollow place; hollow.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- petechia
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noun,
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- Peshitta
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noun,
the principal Syriac version of the Bible.
- travesty
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noun,
a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation:
- pathetic
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adjective,
causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable:
- perthite
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noun,
a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- perseity
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noun,
(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- hesitate
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verb (used without object),
to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination:
- pectates
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noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- tipcarts
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noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- hieratic
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noun,
ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
- typecast
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adjective,
(of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
- charette
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noun,
charrette.
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- trichite
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noun,
any of various minute, hairlike mineral bodies occurring in certain vitreous igneous rocks, especially obsidian.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- verities
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noun,
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality:
- archives
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noun,
Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- viticeta
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noun,
a place where vines, especially grapevines, are cultivated.
- vitiates
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verb (used with object),
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- tephrite
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noun,
a basaltic rock consisting essentially of pyroxene and plagioclase with nepheline or leucite.
- estivate
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verb (used without object),
to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
- ratchets
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noun,
a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- theatres
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noun,
theater.
- reactive
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adjective,
tending to react.
- ethicist
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noun,
a person who specializes in or writes on ethics or who is devoted to ethical principles.
- scyphate
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adjective,
being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- veracity
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noun,
habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness:
- apyretic
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adjective,
free from fever.
- activist
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noun,
an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
- vestiary
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adjective,
of or relating to garments or vestments.
- activity
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noun,
the state or quality of being active:
- vertices
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noun,
a plural of vertex.
- vespiary
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noun,
a nest of social wasps.
- rachitis
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noun,
rickets.
- vesicate
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verb (used with object),
to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- seraphic
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- catties
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- reshape
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verb (used with object),
to shape again or into different form.
- spathic
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adjective,
like spar.
- patties
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noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- patters
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noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- chapter
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noun,
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- spatter
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noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- testacy
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noun,
the state of being testate.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- heretic
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noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- cattery
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noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- tapster
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noun,
a bartender.
- tipcats
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noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- threaps
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noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Charity
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noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- restive
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adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- retches
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noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- Scythia
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noun,
the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.
- charvet
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noun,
a soft, lusterless silk or rayon tie fabric, often made with a faint stripe effect.
- airship
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noun,
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- theater
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noun,
a building, part of a building, or outdoor area for housing dramatic presentations, stage entertainments, or motion-picture shows.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- cattish
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adjective,
catlike; feline.
- 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.
- Script.
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- theatre
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noun,
theater.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- hepcats
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noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- pettish
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adjective,
petulantly peevish:
- Perchta
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noun,
the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- perches
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noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- threats
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noun,
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- peaches
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noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- vetches
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noun,
any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- scyphi-
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- tercets
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noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- peevish
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adjective,
cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent:
- aethers
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noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- pectate
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noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- pectase
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noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- peavies
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noun,
peavey.
- peaveys
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noun,
a cant hook with a sharply pointed end, used in handling logs.
- tipcart
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noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- ceriphs
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noun,
serif.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- patches
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noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- starchy
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- yttrias
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noun,
a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- Christy
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noun,
Christie.
- vitiate
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verb (used with object),
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- satiety
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noun,
the state of being satiated; surfeit.
- iatrics
-
- cyphers
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noun,
zero.
- tithers
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noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- yatters
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noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- Stretch
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noun,
an act or instance of stretching.
- strati-
-
- sattvic
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adjective,
Hinduism. characterized by sattva: having a serene, harmonious, balanced mind or attitude.
- escheat
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noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- vitrics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the art and technology of making glass products.
- Statice
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- stative
-
adjective,
(of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses:
- Cythera
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noun,
a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- styptic
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noun,
a styptic agent or substance.
- yester-
-
- Yeshiva
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noun,
an Orthodox Jewish school for the religious and secular education of children of elementary school age.
- tipster
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- civitas
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noun,
the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
- spitter
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noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- viscera
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plural noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the organs in the cavities of the body, especially those in the abdominal cavity.
- actives
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noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- chatter
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noun,
purposeless or foolish talk.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Thraces
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noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- cheapie
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noun,
a cheaply made, often inferior, product:
- hyster-
-
- cheater
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noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- partite
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noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- scepter
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- chitter
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verb (used without object),
to twitter.
- Chester
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noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- parches
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- scatter
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- typeset
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adjective,
(of written, textual matter) set in type.
- chevies
-
noun,
a hunting cry.
- chevres
-
noun,
any cheese made from goat's milk.
- tethers
-
noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- trachy-
-
- achieve
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verb (used with object),
to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish:
- pachisi
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noun,
a board game, originated in ancient India, in which four players advance four pieces each along a route on a cross-shaped board toward a center square by throws of cowrie shells or dice.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- spicery
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noun,
spice.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- thecate
-
adjective,
having or being contained in a theca.
- petites
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noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- phytate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of phytic acid, occurring in plants, especially cereal grains, capable of forming insoluble complexes with calcium, zinc, iron, and other nutrients and interfering with their absorption by the body.
- teaches
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noun,
Informal. teacher.
- privacy
-
noun,
the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion:
- varices
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noun,
plural of varix.
- ectypes
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- private
-
noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- trisect
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verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- reaches
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- episcia
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- variety
-
noun,
the state of being varied or diversified:
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- archit.
-
- Pythias
-
noun,
Damon and Pythias.
- prythee
-
interjection,
prithee.
- cahiers
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- archive
-
noun,
Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- pitches
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- harpist
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- aphetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- Pitcher
-
noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- archsee
-
noun,
archbishopric.
- theriac
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- capette
-
noun,
caponette.
- septate
-
adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- hatters
-
noun,
a maker or seller of hats.
- epeiric
-
adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- sharpie
-
noun,
sharper.
- ratches
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- pretest
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- ratchet
-
noun,
a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- Harvest
-
noun,
Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- atheist
-
noun,
a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Sectary
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- athirst
-
adjective,
having a keen desire; eager (often followed by for):
- T-shirt
-
noun,
a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
- Theresa
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- preheat
-
verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- epicist
-
noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- prithee
-
interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- previse
-
verb (used with object),
to foresee.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- thereat
-
adverb,
at that place or time; there:
- shatter
-
noun,
Usually, shatters. fragments made by shattering.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- preachy
-
adjective,
tediously or pretentiously didactic.
- trivets
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- rattish
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling a rat.
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- piscary
-
noun,
Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- therapy
-
noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- Harpies
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- eparchy
-
noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- tephras
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- Pictish
-
noun,
the language of the Picts, apparently a Celtic language.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- hectare
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- cashier
-
noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- shivery
-
adjective,
inclined to or characterized by shivers, quivers, or tremors.
- shrieve
-
noun,
sheriff.
- Servite
-
noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Service
-
noun,
an act of helpful activity; help; aid:
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- hepatic
-
noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- vastity
-
noun,
immensity; vastness.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- haptics
-
noun,
the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
- eparchs
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- varsity
-
noun,
any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like:
- thieves
-
noun,
a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- Pyrites
-
noun,
pyrite.
- privets
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- captive
-
noun,
a prisoner.
- pyretic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- privies
-
noun,
outhouse (def 1).
- teacher
-
noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- privity
-
noun,
private or secret knowledge.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Heaters
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- heavies
-
noun,
a somber or ennobled theatrical role or character: Othello.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- epithet
-
noun,
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality:
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- thirsty
-
adjective,
feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strath
-
noun,
a wide valley.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- yatter
-
noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- haptic
-
noun,
Usually, haptics. Digital Technology.
a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device:
an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user:
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- tetra-
-
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- stithy
-
noun,
an anvil.
- Harvey
-
noun,
William, 1578–1657, English physician: discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
- yachts
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- hatter
-
noun,
a maker or seller of hats.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- 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.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- Hersey
-
noun,
John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- herpes
-
noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- heresy
-
noun,
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- Hevesy
-
noun,
Georg von [ge-awrg vawn] /gɛˈɔrg vɔn/ (Show IPA), 1885–1966, Hungarian chemist: Nobel Prize 1943.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- hepta-
-
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- hepcat
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- evicts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- hepat-
-
- Evetta
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “a hunt.”.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- hearty
-
noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Tethys
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
- tachy-
-
- Tahiti
-
noun,
the principal island of the Society Islands, in the S Pacific. 402 sq. mi. (1041 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- tether
-
noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- Hivite
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people inhabiting Canaan, conquered by the Israelites.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- tetchy
-
adjective,
irritable; touchy.
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Hattic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Hatti.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- havers
-
interjection,
nonsense; poppycock.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- hyper-
-
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- terat-
-
- Hyeres
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the French Riviera.
- stythe
-
noun,
chokedamp.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- stitch
-
noun,
one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- privet
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- Severy
-
noun,
(in a vaulted structure) one bay between two principal transverse arches.
- psych-
-
- Psyche
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- pricey
-
adjective,
expensive or unduly expensive:
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- pisci-
-
- Shevat
-
noun,
the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- pitchy
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in pitch.
- Pythia
-
noun,
the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered the oracles.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- sheave
-
noun,
a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a wire rope.
- pretty
-
noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- shavie
-
noun,
a trick or prank.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Shaver
-
noun,
a person or thing that shaves.
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- sharpy
-
noun,
sharpie.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- septi-
-
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- pyrite
-
noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- scythe
-
noun,
an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- scatty
-
adjective,
scatterbrained.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Richie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Richard.
- scarph
-
noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- ravish
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recti-
-
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- reechy
-
adjective,
smoky or sooty.
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- repays
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- Shiite
-
noun,
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- sphery
-
adjective,
having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
- sphere
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- Speyer
-
noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- payees
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- pareve
-
adjective,
having no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient and being permissible for use with both meat and dairy meals as stated in the dietary laws:
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parity
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- spicey
-
adjective,
spicy.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- parvis
-
noun,
a vacant enclosed area in front of a church.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastry
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- Irtysh
-
noun,
a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- Ischia
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- yttria
-
noun,
a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.
- Yvette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Yvonne.
- patchy
-
adjective,
characterized by or made up of patches.
- pathic
-
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- shiver
-
noun,
a tremulous motion; a tremble or quiver:
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- sypher
-
verb (used with object),
to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.
- phatic
-
adjective,
denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- physic
-
noun,
a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- phrase
-
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.
- shrive
-
verb (used with object),
to impose penance on (a sinner).
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Piercy
-
noun,
Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- shitty
-
adjective,
inferior or contemptible.
- shirty
-
adjective,
bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- piracy
-
noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- patri-
-
- spacey
-
adjective,
spaced-out (def 2).
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- pavers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- peachy
-
adjective,
resembling a peach, as in color or appearance.
- peavey
-
noun,
a cant hook with a sharply pointed end, used in handling logs.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- Pesach
-
noun,
Passover (def 1).
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- chesty
-
adjective,
having a well-developed chest or bosom.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- trivia
-
noun,
(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- crepey
-
adjective,
(especially of the skin) having a wrinkled surface:
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- trivet
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- typist
-
noun,
a person who operates a typewriter.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- civies
-
plural noun,
civvy (def 1).
- civets
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Tishri
-
noun,
the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- 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.
- earthy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- threat
-
noun,
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- thrive
-
verb (used without object),
to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- archi-
-
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archt.
-
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- tipcat
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- Vatter
-
noun,
a lake in S Sweden. 80 miles (130 km) long; 733 sq. mi. (1900 sq. km).
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cryst.
-
- crispy
-
adjective,
(especially of food) brittle; crisp.
- Vasthi
-
noun,
Vashti.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- crypts
-
noun,
a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
- crypt-
-
- Vashti
-
noun,
the queen of Ahasuerus who was banished for refusing to appear before the king's guests. Esther 1:9–22.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- Aseyev
-
noun,
Nikolay Nikolaevich [nik-uh-lahy nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1963, Russian poet.
- cysti-
-
- tither
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- cheesy
-
adjective,
of or like cheese:
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- cheery
-
adjective,
in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- cavers
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- cavies
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- Cavite
-
noun,
a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.
- cavity
-
noun,
any hollow place; hollow.
- chatty
-
adjective,
characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters:
- treaty
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- cerat-
-
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- chapes
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- trashy
-
adjective,
of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- trich-
-
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Cypris
-
noun,
an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “Lady of Cyprus.”.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- cypher
-
noun,
zero.
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- tithes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- tythes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- chrys-
-
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- chives
-
noun,
a small bulbous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the leek and onion, having long, slender leaves that are used as a seasoning.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- chirpy
-
adjective,
chirping or tending to chirp:
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Chiayi
-
noun,
Chiai.
- chevre
-
noun,
any cheese made from goat's milk.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- chevet
-
noun,
an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- creepy
-
adjective,
having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear:
- thirty
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Thayer
-
noun,
Sylvanus, 1785–1872, U.S. army officer and educator.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- vitric
-
adjective,
of or relating to glass.
- ectype
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- Thetis
-
noun,
a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.
- thetic
-
adjective,
positive; dogmatic.
- Verity
-
noun,
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality:
- thetas
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- eyepit
-
noun,
eye socket.
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- vesica
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bladder.
- Vesper
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- active
-
noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- vicars
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- vestry
-
noun,
a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Vetter
-
noun,
Vätter.
- thieve
-
verb (used with object),
to take by theft; steal.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- Ecevit
-
noun,
Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- thirst
-
noun,
a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- thyrse
-
noun,
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Vichy
-
noun,
a city in central France: provisional capital of unoccupied France 1940–1942; hot springs.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- shive
-
noun,
a sliver or fragment; splinter.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- 30-30
-
- carve
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- shpt.
-
- Piave
-
noun,
a river in NE Italy, flowing S and SE into the Adriatic. 137 miles (220 km) long.
- Shiva
-
noun,
“the Destroyer,” the third member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- sycee
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Viper
-
noun,
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- schav
-
noun,
a cold soup of sorrel to which chopped egg, sour cream, lemon juice, and chopped scallions are sometimes added.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- rhet.
-
- vice-
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- phyte
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- peavy
-
noun,
peavey.
- resp.
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- aeri-
-
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- carp-
-
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- vicar
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- acpt.
-
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Percy
-
noun,
Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- sarc-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- peta-
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Vitry
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1361, French music theorist, composer, and poet.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treas
-
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- pert.
-
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Catty
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cath.
-
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- acity
-
- phys.
-
- phyre
-
- Cathy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Visct
-
- vitta
-
noun,
Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- 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.
- cert.
-
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- acet-
-
- Petty
-
noun,
Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- caver
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- visit
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- petri
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- scat-
-
- peri-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- vatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- vasty
-
adjective,
vast; immense.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- seti-
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- privy
-
noun,
outhouse (def 1).
- Seric
-
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- recip
-
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- priv.
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- Recit
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- vari-
-
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- pricy
-
adjective,
pricey.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- arith
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- arche
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- veery
-
noun,
a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Arch.
-
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- ratty
-
adjective,
full of rats.
- sect.
-
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- veeps
-
noun,
a vice president.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- rcpt.
-
- Sept.
-
- archy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- 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.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- veter
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- 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.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- tryst
-
noun,
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- pithy
-
adjective,
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible:
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- rept.
-
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- pisay
-
noun,
pisé.
- vetch
-
noun,
any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- caps.
-
- Capt.
-
- pyric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resulting from burning.
- prae-
-
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- recpt
-
- peaty
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- astr.
-
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- rect.
-
- 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.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Pres.
-
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- ative
-
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- avers
-
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Avery
-
noun,
Milton, 1893–1965, U.S. painter.
- atty.
-
- shave
-
noun,
the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- 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.
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- hier-
-
- crit.
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- hypes
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hist.
-
- Hevea
-
noun,
Pará rubber.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- hives
-
noun,
any of various eruptive conditions of the skin, as the wheals of urticaria.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Hetty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Hester or Esther.
- 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.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- heavy
-
noun,
a somber or ennobled theatrical role or character: Othello.
- hect-
-
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Heyse
-
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.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- 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.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- tarty
-
adjective,
tart; somewhat sour.
- tasty
-
adjective,
good-tasting; savory:
- Tyche
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of fortune.
- herp.
-
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- civet
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- Yetta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- yetts
-
noun,
gate.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- yacht
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Yasht
-
noun,
a hymn to a deity.
- iatry
-
- IATSE
-
- crave
-
verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- heave
-
noun,
an act or effort of heaving.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- evict
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- every
-
Idioms,
every bit, in every respect; completely:
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- Evatt
-
noun,
Herbert Vere [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1966, Australian lawyer and statesman: president of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1948–49.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- tera-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Tevet
-
noun,
the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
- ESPEC
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Esth.
-
- teths
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- testy
-
adjective,
irritably impatient; touchy.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- theat
-
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Epis.
-
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- 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.
- Hatti
-
noun,
an ancient people who lived in central Anatolia before its conquest by the Hittites.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Hasty
-
adjective,
moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Theta
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- 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.
- Hatty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Harriet.
- techy
-
noun,
techie.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- haver
-
noun,
friend; comrade; companion.
- Havre
-
noun,
a city in N Montana.
- tears
-
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- tech.
-
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Hayes
-
noun,
Carlton J(oseph) H(untley) 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hairy
-
adjective,
covered with hair; having much hair.
- Ephes
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Haiti
-
noun,
Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- Hayti
-
noun,
former name of Haiti (def 1).
- teeth
-
noun,
plural of tooth.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Harve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harvey.
- Harpy
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- 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.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- payee
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- chary
-
adjective,
cautious or careful; wary:
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- path-
-
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- pathy
-
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- patr-
-
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- spicy
-
adjective,
seasoned with or containing spice:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Patty
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- chays
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- Paver
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- chap.
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- part.
-
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- chive
-
noun,
a small bulbous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the leek and onion, having long, slender leaves that are used as a seasoning.
- Patsy
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- char-
-
- ivies
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pavis
-
noun,
a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- parve
-
adjective,
pareve.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pasty
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- 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.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- spec.
-
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- Chevy
-
noun,
a hunting cry.
- 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.
- payt.
-
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Srta.
-
- tithe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Isth.
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- stat.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- cyst-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- tythe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- istic
-
- YPSCE
-
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- ster.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- step-
-
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- itchy
-
adjective,
having or causing an itching sensation.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- vet.
-
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Sat.
-
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- 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.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- Vict
-
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- the-
-
- sci.
-
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sch.
-
- Visc
-
- Vish
-
verb (used with object),
to make a victim in this way:
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- that
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Vic.
-
- scr.
-
- SPCA
-
- trav
-
- ter.
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- 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.
- shiv
-
noun,
a knife, especially a switchblade.
- Vary
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- 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.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- vas-
-
- Shay
-
noun,
a chaise.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- spiv
-
noun,
a petty criminal, especially a black marketeer, racetrack tout, or petty thief.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sra.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- serv
-
- str.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- trit
-
- Ste.
-
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tit.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- thi-
-
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- vacs
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- var.
-
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Vat.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- secy
-
- sech
-
- sec.
-
- very
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- 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.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Syr.
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- vers
-
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tchr
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- shr.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- veep
-
noun,
a vice president.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- typ.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- tri-
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Phar
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- itis
-
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- atic
-
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- Hays
-
noun,
Will (Harrison) 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- ates
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- ctr.
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- 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.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- yrs.
-
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- have
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Ave.
-
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- cts.
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- perh
-
- Pers
-
- perv
-
noun,
a sexual pervert.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pet.
-
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- evap
-
- ashy
-
adjective,
ash-colored; pale; wan:
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- PAYE
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pays
-
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- 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.
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- pat.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pave
-
noun,
Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- att.
-
- pct.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- cap.
-
- phr.
-
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- chiv
-
noun,
shiv.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- HVAC
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- her.
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- chs.
-
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- chay
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- Chr.
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- civy
-
plural noun,
civvy (def 1).
- civ.
-
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cyte
-
- hyp.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- cit.
-
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- cis-
-
- hive
-
noun,
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- HRIP
-
- cir.
-
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- yett
-
noun,
gate.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Cav.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- Cres
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- CATV
-
- Cave
-
noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cet-
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ICSH
-
- cavy
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- yeah
-
adverb,
yes.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yech
-
interjection,
yuck1 .
- crat
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- aer-
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- ect-
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rep.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- ACTH
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Aire
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- esp.
-
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- 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:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- aet.
-
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- achy
-
adjective,
having or causing an aching sensation:
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- riv.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- rpt.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- epit
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- Eph.
-
- 1080
-
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- acr-
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- 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.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- Rev.
-
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RIIA
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- RSVP
-
noun,
a reply to an invitation:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pyr-
-
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- pity
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- prec
-
- ette
-
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- asc-
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- ARIS
-
- 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.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pre-
-
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pts.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- psia
-
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- aph-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- etc.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Pvt.
-
- AISI
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- psec
-
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- 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.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prev
-
- Apr.
-
- prs.
-
- Eth.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- ec-
-
- EEC
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- 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.
- cte
-
- ea.
-
- eir
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CRP
-
- Ehr
-
- CPA
-
- CVT
-
- CSA
-
- CVA
-
- CTA
-
- TIA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- CPI
-
- CSR
-
- CPS
-
- ECA
-
- CST
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- CPR
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CIP
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- AYH
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ays
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- APC
-
- 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.
- APS
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- Ver
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- VCR
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ase
-
- AIC
-
- AHE
-
- ASI
-
- ACP
-
- Vte
-
- VTC
-
- Vt.
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- Ar.
-
- av.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- acy
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- VHS
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ACS
-
- VIP
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ACV
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- CIE
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CAI
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TRH
-
- CEA
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ch.
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPI
-
- tph
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- CIA
-
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- ASR
-
- TTS
-
- ast
-
- ASV
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- VAC
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- vs.
-
- Va.
-
- TVA
-
- TTY
-
- Avi
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- ATP
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- trp
-
- ATV
-
- a-v
-
- AVC
-
- TSP
-
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- EIS
-
- PHA
-
- pt.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Pr.
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- PHS
-
- py-
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sht
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- shp
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Ps.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ISV
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ish
-
- ISR
-
- Ep.
-
- ist
-
- Sta
-
- pc.
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ITA
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ity
-
- SPR
-
- ITV
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- Ivy
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- Pa.
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- IPA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RCA
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- SCP
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- 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.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- sc.
-
- RPV
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSV
-
- rt.
-
- SAR
-
- rte
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- RTS
-
- SAE
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PTV
-
- PRA
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- PRC
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- SHA
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PTT
-
- PVA
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
- 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.
- PVC
-
noun,
a white, water-insoluble, thermoplastic resin, derived by the polymerization of vinyl chloride: used chiefly for thin coatings, insulation, and pipings.
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- 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).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- iph
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ety
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HIV
-
noun,
a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ESR
-
- HST
-
- th-
-
- ht.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Hts
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Esc
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- hr.
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HAT
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noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- HCR
-
- ETV
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tea
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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.
- ETS
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ETR
-
- Sp.
-
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ese
-
- hvy
-
- ics
-
- ier
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IAS
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- STP
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- yer
-
- yah
-
interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- YHA
-
- IHP
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- STI
-
- IHS
-
- EPA
-
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- STV
-
- Ia.
-
- ESA
-
- ERV
-
- ERT
-
- THC
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ery
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- SVR
-
- SVC
-
- EV
-
- ry
-
- ty
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- SA
-
- S.
-
- RP
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RV
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- ey
-
- h.
-
- IP
-
- ee
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- VR
-
- VP
-
- VI
-
- VC
-
- T1
-
- V.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- YT
-
- t.
-
- TT
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- SV
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- yr
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- ic
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HP
-
- CV
-
- RI
-
- RH
-
- HV
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- Y.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- PH
-
- TP
-
- i.
-
- CE
-