Anagrams of isentropic
Word isentropic has
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- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- precision
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noun,
the state or quality of being precise.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- 11-point
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- periotic
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adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- spectro-
-
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Crispin
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- piscine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- Pitocin
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- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- poietic
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- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- tiepins
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- sterno-
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- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- Script.
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- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- epicist
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noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- picrite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- centri-
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- triceps
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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.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- constr.
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- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- centro-
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- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- 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.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- tripes
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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.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
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- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- intro.
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- incite
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- incise
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- petro-
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- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- pectin
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- steno-
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- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- incept
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- contr.
-
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- tropic
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noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- septi-
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- septic
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitro-
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- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- nocti-
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- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- necro-
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- Scipio
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noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- spiro-
-
- Spirit
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- centr-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- centi-
-
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- crepon
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- ptero-
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- pisci-
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- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Crispi
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- cteno-
-
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- 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:
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- recti-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- picro-
-
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- rectos
-
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- Scot.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- pros.
-
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- poet.
-
- pert.
-
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- pico-
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Seric
-
- petri
-
- petr-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- post-
-
- Prot.
-
- sect.
-
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Sept.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- OPers
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- recip
-
- proc.
-
- recpt
-
- oste-
-
- Pres.
-
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pret.
-
- Recit
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- rept.
-
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- resp.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rcpt.
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Port.
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- 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.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- peri-
-
- pron.
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- 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.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rect.
-
- reni-
-
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ecto-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- econ.
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- crit.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- ento-
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- sero-
-
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- step-
-
- cert.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cero-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- 30-30
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corpn
-
- corp.
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- cores
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- copr-
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- ster.
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- icons
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- istic
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- spec.
-
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- ition
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- noct-
-
- seti-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Sino-
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- spor-
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incr.
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- intr.
-
- 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.
- insep
-
- incor
-
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- init.
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- tri-
-
- sec.
-
- str.
-
- scr.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rep.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sci.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- sepn
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Ste.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tron
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- pro-
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Soni
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- ter.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- rit.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- pts.
-
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- tion
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- rpt.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- prs.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- psec
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- ten.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- top-
-
- 1080
-
- prin
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- neo-
-
- Ont.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Cres
-
- ect-
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Cort
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- NCTE
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ice.
-
- eco-
-
- 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.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- not-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- eso-
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- etc.
-
- Ens.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- enc.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- est.
-
- epit
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Oct.
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- esp.
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Con.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceto
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- cis-
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- iso-
-
- cen.
-
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- pot.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- 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.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- cit.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pers
-
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Pen.
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Inc.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pct.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Pet.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- INRI
-
- 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.
- spt
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ETS
-
- STP
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ERT
-
- STI
-
- Sr.
-
- ETO
-
- ior
-
- St.
-
- Esc
-
- in.
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOC
-
- ics
-
- ETR
-
- ine
-
- ESR
-
- SPR
-
- io-
-
- ier
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- CIE
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CIP
-
- Tro
-
- CPO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CEO
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- CPI
-
- CPR
-
- ERP
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- CPS
-
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- IPO
-
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- IOT
-
- ne-
-
- ipr
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- pc.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- ROP
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- Pr.
-
- rt.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- rte
-
- RSE
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- ONI
-
- RPO
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- prn
-
- OIr
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- PRC
-
- POR
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- POC
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RPS
-
- Ps.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pt.
-
- 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.
- PTO
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- RCN
-
- 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:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
-
- 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.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- OIt
-
- RTS
-
- oic
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NEC
-
- NCO
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- NOC
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NOP
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- SCP
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- se-
-
- NSC
-
- 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).
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- Npt
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- Sep
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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.
- NPR
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RO
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- CE
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
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- RI
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- R.
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- RC
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- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- IP
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- TC
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- T1
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- RP
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TP
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- i.
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- ic
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- SN
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- RN
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- NP
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- t.
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- NC
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- N.
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- TN
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- O.
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- NI
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