Anagrams of optional
Word optional has
2 exact anagrams and 279 other words
that can be made by using the letters of optional.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- platoon
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- pointal
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noun,
pointel.
- 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.
- paniolo
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noun,
a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- pliant
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adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- plani-
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- pontil
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noun,
punty.
- potion
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- plaint
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noun,
a complaint.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Napoli
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noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- polit.
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- panto-
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- plano-
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- Lipton
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noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- lotion
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- option
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noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- Pinto
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pinta
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noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Pinot
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Ital.
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- piton
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- plio-
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- noto-
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- Latin
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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.
- polio
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noun,
poliomyelitis.
- nopal
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noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- plain
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noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- Point
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- lapin
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noun,
a rabbit.
- plait
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noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plan-
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- natl.
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- Lipan
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noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- plant
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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.
- plat.
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- Plato
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noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- inapt
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adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- lipo-
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- talon
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- alti-
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- Paton
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noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- pilot
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noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- anti-
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- patio
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noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- tonal
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adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Alton
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noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
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- Paoli
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noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- ation
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- Aloin
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- pant-
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- tonia
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- tono-
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- paint
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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.
- topo-
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- 30-30
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- opto-
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- tolan
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- piano
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noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pilon
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noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- onto-
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- onlap
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noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- Ont.
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- pint
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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.
- nail
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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.
- Oita
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noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- nota
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noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Pail
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noun,
bucket.
- pil-
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- Olin
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noun,
a male given name.
- Pal.
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- olio
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noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Loti
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noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lota
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noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Pain
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noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- NATO
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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.
- opia
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- pion
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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.
- Oona
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noun,
a female given name.
- pat.
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- pian
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noun,
yaws.
- nipa
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noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- oto-
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- pita
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noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pato
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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.
- NTIA
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- noil
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nolo
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noun,
nolo contendere.
- pial
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adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- not-
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- Opal
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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.
- pina
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noun,
pineapple.
- 1080
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- loot
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noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Aton
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noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- pot.
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- loop
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noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- tain
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- IOTA
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iona
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noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- into
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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.
- intl
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- int.
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- TINA
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noun,
a female given name.
- tion
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- toil
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- atop
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preposition,
on the top of:
- Atli
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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.
- poon
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noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- tola
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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.
- apt.
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plural,
apartment.
- apo-
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- ant.
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- ano-
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- Anil
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noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- alt.
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- ALIT
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tool
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noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- toon
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noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- top-
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- topi
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noun,
topee.
- itol
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- tail
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noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Pool
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noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poil
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noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Loon
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noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- plot
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noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- loin
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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.
- loan
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noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lit.
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- Pan.
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- lipa
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noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
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- Lion
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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.
- lint
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lino
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noun,
linoleum.
- Lina
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noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
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- Polo
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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.
- Liao
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noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Pali
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noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pola
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noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
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- Lat.
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- Laon
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lani
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- lain
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- PIO
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- TPI
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- PLO
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- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- too
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Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- pli
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- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- POA
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- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ton
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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.
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- PL1
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noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- TAL
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- PLA
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- tlo
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- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- tin
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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.
- TIA
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- TAP
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noun,
a light but audible blow:
- pl.
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- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- PTO
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ion
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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 = .
- IOT
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- IPA
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- IPO
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- ITA
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- La.
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- ILO
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- Lt.
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- pt.
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- LAO
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noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAP
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noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LON
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- loo
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noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- ILP
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Lot
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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.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ap-
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- al.
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- ALP
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noun,
a high mountain.
- an.
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- ail
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verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- API
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abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- il-
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- Apl
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- at.
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- ATP
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- io-
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- Ia.
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- ial
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- LOP
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noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LPN
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- ONI
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- op.
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- LTA
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- OAO
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- OAP
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- oil
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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.
- OIt
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- Ola
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oo-
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- NOP
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- o-o
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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.
- oon
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- OOT
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- OPA
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- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ot-
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- OTA
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- Pa.
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- Npt
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- TPN
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
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- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- N.
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- AI
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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.
- 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.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- AO
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NI
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TP
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- ln
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- NP
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- T1
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- i.
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- TN
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- L.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- t.
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- IP
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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.
- O.
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- NL
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- ol
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- L1
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- L2
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- TL
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- OA
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