Anagrams of lactoprotein
Word lactoprotein has
1809 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of lactoprotein.
- Neotropical
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- percolation
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noun,
the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- anteportico
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noun,
a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- tropaeolin
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noun,
any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- laeotropic
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adjective,
oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- toleration
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noun,
an act or instance of tolerating, especially of what is not actually approved; forbearance:
- pratincole
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noun,
any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- Protection
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noun,
the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- point-lace
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noun,
lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- corelation
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noun,
correlation.
- Entoprocta
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noun,
a small phylum of invertebrates comprising the entoprocts: considered a subphylum of Bryozoa, from which it is distinguished by having the anus of the polyp near the mouth within the crown of tentacles.
- coprolite
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noun,
a stony mass consisting of fossilized fecal matter of animals.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- contralto
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noun,
the lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate between soprano and tenor.
- natrolite
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noun,
a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- ice-plant
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noun,
a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- tin-plate
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noun,
thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin.
- potential
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noun,
possibility; potentiality:
- operation
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noun,
an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- prolation
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noun,
the time relationship between a semibreve and a minim in mensural notation.
- Petrolina
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noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- prolactin
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noun,
an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- entoproct
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noun,
any of various sessile, chiefly marine, mosslike animals of the phylum Entoprocta (formerly a subphylum of Bryophyta), occasionally solitary polyps but usually forming branching colonies, each individual polyp having an almost closed ring of tentacles within which lie the mouth and anus.
- Tropeolin
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noun,
tropaeolin.
- porcelain
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noun,
a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- Caporetto
-
noun,
Italian name of Kobarid.
- pittance
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noun,
a small amount or share.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- plectron
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noun,
plectrum.
- antipole
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- picaroon
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- potation
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noun,
the act of drinking.
- Tarnopol
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noun,
Ternopol.
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- 11-point
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- capriole
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noun,
a caper or leap.
- Ternopol
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noun,
a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Interpol
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noun,
an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- Platonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines:
- platino-
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- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- coal-pit
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noun,
a pit where coal is dug.
- replicon
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noun,
any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- rotation
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- location
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noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- particle
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noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- tractile
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adjective,
capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
- colorant
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noun,
something used as a coloring matter; pigment; dye.
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- patentor
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- tropaion
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noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- corotate
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verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- triplane
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- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- triptane
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- petiolar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- tropical
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noun,
tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, especially summer weather.
- Pliotron
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noun,
any hot-cathode vacuum tube having an anode and one or more grids.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- optional
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adjective,
left to one's choice; not required or mandatory:
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- petrolic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or produced from petroleum.
- air-cool
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verb (used with object),
Machinery. to remove the heat of combustion, friction, etc., from (a machine, engine, or device), as by air streams flowing over an engine jacket.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- trotline
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- caliper
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- porcino
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noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- caption
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noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- rootcap
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noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- prattle
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noun,
the act of prattling.
- calotte
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noun,
zucchetto.
- precool
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verb (used with object),
to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- Loretta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- plancer
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noun,
the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- ricotta
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- ectopia
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- pai-loo
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- talipot
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noun,
a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.
- caltrop
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- polenta
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- Clapton
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noun,
Eric, born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.
- capelin
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noun,
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- optical
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noun,
opticals, optical effects.
- Capitol
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noun,
the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
- Ilocano
-
noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- Otranto
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noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- tonetic
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- centri-
-
- clip-on
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noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- carpool
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noun,
Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- tin-pot
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adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- portent
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- centro-
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- cartoon
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noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- Tiepolo
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noun,
Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- tactile
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- Tarlton
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noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- Pontiac
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- taction
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noun,
touch; contact.
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- Opaline
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adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- orcinol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- rootlet
-
noun,
a little root.
- clootie
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) cloot (def 2).
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- clatter
-
noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- taproot
-
noun,
a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots.
- ortolan
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noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- tipcart
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- cerato-
-
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- toprail
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noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- 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.
- plotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that plots.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- control
-
noun,
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
- pelican
-
noun,
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- rattoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- lattice
-
noun,
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- contra-
-
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- protect
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- peloria
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- contort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- pointal
-
noun,
pointel.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- antero-
-
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- coolant
-
noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Leonora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- copilot
-
noun,
a pilot who is second in command of an aircraft.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Lepanto
-
noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- petrol.
-
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- plicate
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adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- peloton
-
noun,
an ornamental glass made in Bohemia in the late 19th century, usually having a striated overlay of glass filaments in a different color.
- actino-
-
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- coronal
-
noun,
a crown; coronet.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- triplet
-
noun,
one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- triolet
-
noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- lection
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- patroon
-
noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- platoon
-
noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- proline
-
noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- topical
-
noun,
Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- prolate
-
adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- cranio-
-
- tortile
-
adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- pantile
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- procto-
-
- paniolo
-
noun,
a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- replant
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- replica
-
noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- panicle
-
noun,
a compound raceme.
- locator
-
noun,
a person who locates something.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Partlet
-
noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- pronota
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- craniol
-
- polecat
-
noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- Platter
-
noun,
a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- topcoat
-
noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- Locarno
-
noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- Tortola
-
noun,
the principal island of the British Virgin Islands, in the NE West Indies. 9730; 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- paletot
-
noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nitro-
-
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- cteno-
-
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- polit.
-
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- nocti-
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- police
-
noun,
Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- norite
-
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.
- ocelot
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- lacto-
-
- recti-
-
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Lettic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Letts or their language.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- lepto-
-
- ptero-
-
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- proto-
-
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- eroto-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- potato
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- inter.
-
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- narco-
-
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- icono-
-
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- iatro-
-
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- pottle
-
noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- cattle
-
noun,
bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- celto-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- patri-
-
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- picro-
-
- Toltec
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- pattle
-
noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cerat-
-
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- carpo-
-
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- panto-
-
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- tootle
-
noun,
the sound made by tooting on a flute or the like.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- paleo-
-
- paleon
-
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- copro-
-
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- caplet
-
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- Citron
-
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.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Platte
-
noun,
a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- contr.
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Colton
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- aeron.
-
- actin-
-
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- colent
-
- penta-
-
- tetra-
-
- pencil
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- coeno-
-
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- pleio-
-
- terat-
-
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- petro-
-
- tropo-
-
- tropic
-
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.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- aceto-
-
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- Olcott
-
noun,
Chauncey (Chancellor John Olcott) 1860–1932, U.S. tenor, actor, and songwriter.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- coolie
-
noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- plani-
-
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- clino-
-
- 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.
- plano-
-
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- tinct.
-
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- pectin
-
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.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Prot.
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- patr-
-
- pant-
-
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- proc.
-
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- pico-
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- 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.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- petri
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- pari-
-
- part.
-
- pron.
-
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- lipo-
-
- Parl.
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- peri-
-
- 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).
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pert.
-
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- peta-
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onto-
-
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- noct-
-
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- onco-
-
- plan-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octo-
-
- plio-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- OIcel
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pleo-
-
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- noto-
-
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- poet.
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- oleo-
-
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- opto-
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- 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.
- lotto
-
noun,
a game of chance in which a leader draws numbered disks at random from a stock and the players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards, the winner being the first to cover a complete row.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- pale-
-
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Port.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- Orlon
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- natl.
-
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- prae-
-
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- licet
-
- petr-
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- teno-
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corp.
-
- Corpl
-
- corpn
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- atto-
-
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- coop.
-
- topo-
-
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- tera-
-
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- ation
-
- Colo.
-
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Arnel
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- toti-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- telo-
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- 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.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- crit.
-
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- tono-
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- 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.
- cero-
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Capt.
-
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carp-
-
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coel-
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- colat
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- cine-
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- 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.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- aero-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- aeri-
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Ital.
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- reni-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- rept.
-
- intr.
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- incl.
-
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- acro-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lect.
-
- 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.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- trop-
-
- acet-
-
- 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
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lact-
-
- recip
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Recit
-
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- rcpt.
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- acpt.
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alcor
-
- ileo-
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- encl.
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Apoc.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- tonia
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- alto-
-
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- alti-
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Icel.
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- anti-
-
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- ante-
-
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- trit
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- tron
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- pil-
-
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- 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.
- 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.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- top-
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tri-
-
- tRNA
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- 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:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- RONA
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rpt.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- pot.
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rel.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- prin
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- ter.
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- 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.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- 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.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tion
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Tit.
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- 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.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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):
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- pnea
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- ten.
-
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- cir.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- cit.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- clep
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- clar
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- lip-
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- 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.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- cap.
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lit.
-
- CERN
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- cet-
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- inae
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ctr.
-
- ile-
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crat
-
- Inc.
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- 1080
-
- ical
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- enl.
-
- epit
-
- enc.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- 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.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Lani
-
- Col.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cort
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Ire.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- 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.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- 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.
- itol
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- NCTE
-
- cen.
-
- epi-
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opia
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alco
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- alt.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Ont.
-
- ance
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aire
-
- oto-
-
- Oct.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pct.
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- 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.
- par.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- PERL
-
- Pet.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- aet.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Pan.
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pal.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- 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.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- atic
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- art.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- att.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- NTIA
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- ator
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- neo-
-
- Cal.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- OAPC
-
- attn
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- NIRA
-
- Can.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- an.
-
- ca.
-
- cte
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- 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.
- CTA
-
- Co.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CRT
-
- TCA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- CRP
-
- CEA
-
- tra
-
- ct.
-
- ac-
-
- TAL
-
- trp
-
- en-
-
- ap-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- eir
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- eo-
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- al.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- CPR
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ANC
-
- tlo
-
- CNO
-
- CLR
-
- 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.
- TLC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Clo
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- aor
-
- at.
-
- APC
-
- CIP
-
- CLI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Apl
-
- cle
-
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tlr
-
- ATC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ATP
-
- CPO
-
- ACP
-
- CPI
-
- CPA
-
- CEO
-
- Tro
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- tr.
-
- AEC
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- TNT
-
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ipr
-
- Ep.
-
- ltr
-
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LPN
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- LTA
-
- PRC
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- LOC
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- NCO
-
- OPA
-
- OOT
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- PRA
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- CPL
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- EPA
-
- ne-
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- OTA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- RCP
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PTT
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PLA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEA
-
- 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.
- PLR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- OAO
-
- OAP
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- POA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- op.
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- PLO
-
- OEO
-
- oic
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- pli
-
- OTC
-
- ONI
-
- NEC
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- 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:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- POR
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- oon
-
- oo-
-
- Oc.
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- ONR
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- Ola
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- PTO
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Ia.
-
- pt.
-
- ROA
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- RNA
-
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ial
-
- ROP
-
- ine
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- rte
-
- io-
-
- rt.
-
- RPO
-
- PCI
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- 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.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- IOC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- PIO
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LCA
-
- Pa.
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- ote
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- 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 = .
- Lt.
-
- pc.
-
- IRL
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- La.
-
- PLC
-
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- AO
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- 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.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ol
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
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- L.
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- 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.
- IP
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- RO
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TC
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- EI
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- L2
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ic
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- i.
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- RP
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- t.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L1
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TP
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- OA
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- CE
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- NL
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- NP
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- NI
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- NC
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- N.
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- le
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- LR
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- ln
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- TN
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- R.
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- TL
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- RI
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- RN
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- TT
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