Anagrams of panegyrists
Word panegyrists has
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- panegyrist
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noun,
a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- astringes
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- ganisters
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- pinasters
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- stingray
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noun,
any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- syringas
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noun,
mock orange (def 1).
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pressing
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noun,
any phonograph record produced in a record-molding press from a master or a stamper.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- gastrins
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- eastings
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- pastries
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noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- springes
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noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- stingers
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- steapsin
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noun,
the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Egyptian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Egypt.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- piasters
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- trepangs
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noun,
any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- seringas
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- asperity
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noun,
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony:
- epinasty
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noun,
(especially of leaves) increased growth on the upper surface of an organ or part, causing it to bend downward.
- giantess
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noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- persians
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- Spearing
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noun,
an illegal check in which a player jabs an opponent with the end of the stick blade or the top end of the stick, resulting in a penalty.
- raspings
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noun,
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
- gypsters
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noun,
gyp1 (def 3).
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- traipses
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- partings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that parts.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- spinster
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- pasterns
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- trypsins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- seatings
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- spirants
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- pterygia
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noun,
an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- patsies
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noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- 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.
- pessary
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noun,
a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- pigsney
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noun,
a darling.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- aspires
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- transp.
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- rasping
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noun,
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- stagers
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- ptisans
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noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- prisage
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noun,
the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- priests
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pissant
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noun,
Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
- Pyrites
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noun,
pyrite.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- pasties
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noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- ingress
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noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- stringy
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adjective,
resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces:
- stripes
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- insteps
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- ingests
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verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Gypsies
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noun,
a member of a nomadic, Caucasoid people of generally swarthy complexion, who migrated originally from India, settling in various parts of Asia, Europe, and, most recently, North America.
- gypster
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noun,
gyp1 (def 3).
- tearing
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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.
- gyrates
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adjective,
Zoology. having convolutions.
- gisants
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noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- granite
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- gasters
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- pasters
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- passing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- estrays
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noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- parings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- pargets
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noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- gayness
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noun,
homosexuality.
- pansies
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noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- tigress
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noun,
a female tiger.
- spireas
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Stygian
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adjective,
of or relating to the river Styx or to Hades.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- gaspers
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noun,
a cigarette.
- parting
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that parts.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- agentry
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- sparing
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noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- sprangs
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noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- singers
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- trypsin
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sparges
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noun,
a sprinkling.
- sprints
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Springs
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noun,
a city in S Transvaal, in the E Republic of South Africa, E of Johannesburg.
- Springy
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adjective,
characterized by spring or elasticity; flexible; resilient:
- trepang
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noun,
any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- argents
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noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Sitsang
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noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- springe
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noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sayings
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noun,
something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
- sapiens
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sangers
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noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- syringe
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noun,
a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
- syringa
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noun,
mock orange (def 1).
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- syrians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- signets
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- synapse
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noun,
a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- signers
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noun,
a person who signs.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- synapte
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noun,
a litany.
- Serapis
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noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- spinets
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- sprains
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- Nasser
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noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- siesta
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- sprags
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noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- Napier
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noun,
neper.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- napery
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- string
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noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Syrian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- painty
-
adjective,
of, coated with, or soiled with paint:
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Strega
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- streps
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noun,
streptococcus.
- stingy
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adjective,
reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious:
- stipes
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noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- syngas
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noun,
synthetic natural gas.
See under synthetic fuel.
- stirps
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noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- singes
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noun,
a superficial burn.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- strays
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noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- pagers
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Styria
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noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- pagnes
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noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- greasy
-
adjective,
smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- yagers
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noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- Spears
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noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- tensas
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noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- grists
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noun,
grain to be ground.
- gripes
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- gripey
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adjective,
gripy.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Greats
-
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- grassy
-
adjective,
covered with grass.
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- grasps
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- grapey
-
adjective,
grapy.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- grani-
-
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- intra-
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- sparge
-
noun,
a sprinkling.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- yentas
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Yentai
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- paints
-
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.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- sprits
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prangs
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- prying
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- pyrite
-
noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- grainy
-
adjective,
resembling grain; granular.
- pyrans
-
noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- pinery
-
noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- sprigs
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- pigsty
-
noun,
pigpen.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- sayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular of say1 .
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- repays
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- stagey
-
adjective,
stagy.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- 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.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- Prissy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- Sayers
-
noun,
Dorothy L(eigh) 1893–1957, English novelist, essayist, and dramatist.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- satyrs
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- sprang
-
noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- sprays
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parity
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- paring
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- parget
-
noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- pantry
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- septi-
-
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satiny
-
adjective,
satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- saying
-
noun,
something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Piaget
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- sanity
-
noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- 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.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- penta-
-
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- sprats
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- patri-
-
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- pastry
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- genit.
-
- Tyrian
-
adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- trying
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Gentry
-
noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- gyrate
-
adjective,
Zoology. having convolutions.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Assyr.
-
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- gaiety
-
noun,
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gantry
-
noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Gasper
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- trans.
-
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- gapers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- anergy
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- tressy
-
adjective,
resembling or having tresses.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- gastr-
-
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Erinys
-
noun,
any of the Furies.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- gneiss
-
noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- aspens
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- arsen-
-
- genips
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- 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.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Regt.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- astr.
-
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stays
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Rains
-
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).
- rangy
-
adjective,
(of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- assn.
-
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- asst.
-
- stagy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suggestive of the stage.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Epis.
-
- pert.
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ster.
-
- Epist
-
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peta-
-
- petr-
-
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- step-
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- peri-
-
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- peags
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- patr-
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Patsy
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- peaty
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prae-
-
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- engr.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- 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.
- Egypt
-
noun,
Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Capital: Cairo.
Formerly (1958–71) United Arab Republic.
- pyran
-
noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- resp.
-
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Synge
-
noun,
John Millington [mil-ing-tuh n] /ˈmɪl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1871–1909, Irish dramatist.
- ayins
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- 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.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- syst.
-
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- sing.
-
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- trig.
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- seti-
-
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sigyn
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. wife of Loki, who held a cup over Loki after his imprisonment in order to spare him the pain of the drops of poison with which he was punished.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Signy
-
noun,
the daughter of Volsung and mother, by her brother, Sigmund, of Sinfjotli, with whose help she kills her husband (Siggeir) to avenge his murder of Volsung.
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spies
-
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- 30-30
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- aeri-
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- snaps
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snyes
-
noun,
a backwater.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spays
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- span-
-
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- rept.
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- treas
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Srta.
-
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sanit
-
- Sans.
-
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- angry
-
adjective,
feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about):
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- anis-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- angi-
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- anti-
-
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- ante-
-
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pisay
-
noun,
pisé.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- yangs
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Paget
-
noun,
Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- stge.
-
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Gipsy
-
noun,
Gypsy.
- iatry
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- gapes
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- tears
-
- insep
-
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- gyres
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- tying
-
noun,
that with which anything is tied.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- 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.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Yager
-
noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- Payne
-
noun,
John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- inst.
-
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- IATSE
-
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nears
-
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- gassy
-
adjective,
full of or containing gas.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Gaspe
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
- tangy
-
adjective,
having a tang.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- gasps
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- payt.
-
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Passy
-
noun,
Frédérick [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1822–1912, French economist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tangs
-
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- greys
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- pari-
-
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- pass.
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- tera-
-
- essay
-
noun,
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- grapy
-
adjective,
of, like, or composed of grapes.
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- grays
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- pasty
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- intr.
-
- Pansy
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- gains
-
- gript
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- pant-
-
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- gripy
-
adjective,
resembling or causing gripes.
- panty
-
noun,
panties.
- part.
-
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Iran.
-
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- rpt.
-
- Ire.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- gyne
-
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- inae
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- rit.
-
- yrs.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- int.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- 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.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apr.
-
- Ger.
-
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- says
-
noun,
what a person says or has to say.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- tri-
-
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- gyn-
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- ARIS
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- SASE
-
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Arg.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- ins.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- gyri
-
noun,
plural of gyrus.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- agit
-
- ter.
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agr.
-
- agst
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- gyre
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Syr.
-
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- 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.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- gras
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- aer-
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- tRNA
-
- aet.
-
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Grey
-
noun,
Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- gres
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Gyps
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- sepn
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- ign.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Yang
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- gyr-
-
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- syn-
-
- Aire
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sig.
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ESIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Gray
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Ste.
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- pyr-
-
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- 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.
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- pays
-
- 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.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- prs.
-
- ates
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- 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.
- prin
-
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- NTIA
-
- PAYE
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gary
-
noun,
Elbert Henry, 1846–1927, U.S. financier and lawyer.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pre-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- pnea
-
- pity
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- PSAT
-
- est.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Pen.
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- stg.
-
- 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.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- Pers
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- esp.
-
- typ.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- per.
-
- ergs
-
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Gays
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- par.
-
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- epi-
-
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- 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.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- epit
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- psia
-
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gen.
-
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- Nagy
-
noun,
Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- psig
-
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Reg.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- asis
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sra.
-
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ISSN
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- art.
-
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- str.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ASSR
-
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- NIRA
-
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- pts.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- ptg.
-
- NYSE
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- 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).
- 1080
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- TPN
-
- spt
-
- STI
-
- trp
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- SSR
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SPS
-
- Sr.
-
- TGN
-
- SPR
-
- St.
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TSP
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- 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.
- TPI
-
- SRS
-
- SSN
-
- Tpr
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SSI
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- SST
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Tng
-
- TIA
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- STP
-
- SSE
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- 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.
- Sta
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- 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:
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- GTS
-
- gt.
-
- GSR
-
- GSA
-
- gre
-
- Gr.
-
- GPS
-
- GNP
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gyp
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ges
-
- gey
-
adverb,
Scot. considerably; very.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Gay
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- gi.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- ETS
-
- Ia.
-
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- ety
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPA
-
- ing
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- IGY
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yer
-
- ier
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IAS
-
- ETR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ity
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- 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.
- APS
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- 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.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ays
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ARS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Agt
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ag-
-
- ap-
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ase
-
- ESR
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- ery
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ASI
-
- 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).
- Eg.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASN
-
- ite
-
- TSS
-
- PSE
-
- 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.
- PSS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- rte
-
- PSG
-
- RTS
-
- PSA
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- PRA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- rt.
-
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- py-
-
- PGA
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- Sp.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- pt.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- RNA
-
- REA
-
- 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.
- RPG
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RSS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- Rs.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RSA
-
- Re.
-
- RSE
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- PaG
-
- Ps.
-
- ne-
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- NYA
-
- NIA
-
- 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:
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- NEG
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noun,
a photographic negative.
- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NEA
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Sep
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noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Sgt
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- Nay
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noun,
a denial or refusal.
- NAG
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noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sis
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noun,
sister.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- prn
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- Nye
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noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NIG
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verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Pa.
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- Pr.
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- SAE
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- SAG
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noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Pg.
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- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- SAR
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- se-
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- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- rya
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noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- NPR
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- NSA
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- NRA
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- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- nr.
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- NYP
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- 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.
- Npt
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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.
- 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.
- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- S.
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- SA
-
- RP
-
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SG
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SN
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- IG
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- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- IP
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- NP
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- YT
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- NY
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- NI
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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.
- t.
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- TG
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- T1
-
- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Y.
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- ry
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- rg
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- TP
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- TN
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- ey
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- RN
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- RI
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- R.
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- i.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- G.
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- NG
-
- GP
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- ty
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- GN
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- yr
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