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- Cistercian
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noun,
a member of an order of monks and nuns founded in 1098 at Citeaux, near Dijon, France, under the rule of St. Benedict.
- catskinner
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noun,
an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- nitpickers
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noun,
a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- crankpins
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noun,
a short cylindrical pin at the outer end of a crank, held by and moving with a connecting rod or link.
- practices
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- trainsick
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adjective,
ill with train sickness.
- spinnaker
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noun,
a large, usually triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- precisian
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noun,
a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- circinate
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adjective,
made round; ring-shaped.
- Accipiter
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noun,
a hawk of the genus Accipiter, having short, rounded wings and a long tail and feeding chiefly on small mammals and birds.
- pre-Incan
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adjective,
of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- nitpicker
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noun,
a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- princekin
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noun,
a small, young, or minor prince.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- Transkei
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noun,
a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- caprices
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noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Piranesi
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- piracies
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noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- keratins
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noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- kainites
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous sulfate of magnesium and potassium chloride, occurring in granular crystalline masses, a source of potassium salts.
- pinnati-
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- Kristina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Christina.
- pinnaces
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noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- sinapine
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noun,
an alkaloid, C 16 H 25 NO 5 , found in the seeds of the black mustard.
- Pinkster
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noun,
Whitsuntide.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- stricken
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noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- taker-in
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noun,
licker-in.
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- Nearctic
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- kinetics
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noun,
the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- kinetins
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noun,
a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- sea-pink
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noun,
thrift (def 3).
- intrans.
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- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- capeskin
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noun,
a firm, washable leather used especially for gloves, originally made from the skin of goats from the Cape of Good Hope, but now from hairy lambskin or sheepskin.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- crankpin
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noun,
a short cylindrical pin at the outer end of a crank, held by and moving with a connecting rod or link.
- prickets
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noun,
a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- canikins
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noun,
cannikin.
- precinct
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noun,
a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- triennia
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noun,
a period of three years.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- stickpin
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noun,
a decorative straight pin with a jeweled or ornamented head and a long shaft with a sheath for encasing the point, used for holding an ascot or necktie in place.
- acentric
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adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- panniers
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- cancrine
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adjective,
reading the same backwards as forwards:
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- nitpicks
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noun,
a carping, petty criticism.
- Priscian
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noun,
flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- practice
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Kristin
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noun,
a female given name, form of Christine.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- kinetin
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noun,
a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- rickets
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noun,
a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight, also associated with impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- Caprice
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noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- kinetic
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adjective,
pertaining to motion.
- Kirsten
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noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- kinesic
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noun,
the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- keratin
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noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- packers
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noun,
a person or thing that packs.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- catkins
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noun,
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
- carsick
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adjective,
ill with carsickness.
- nitpick
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noun,
a carping, petty criticism.
- Kenitra
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noun,
a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- scanner
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noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- sciatic
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noun,
a sciatic part, as a nerve, vein, or artery.
- Sceptic
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noun,
a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- nancies
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- canikin
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noun,
cannikin.
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- niacins
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noun,
nicotinic acid.
- nickers
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noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- nascent
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adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Script.
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- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- cankers
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noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- intens.
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- catnips
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noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Crispin
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- icecaps
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noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- iatrics
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- spanker
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noun,
Nautical.
a fore-and-aft sail on the aftermost lower mast of a sailing vessel having three or more masts.
a designation given to the mast abaft a mizzenmast, usually the aftermost mast in any vessel.
- spanner
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noun,
a person or thing that spans.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- cricket
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noun,
any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket)
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- stinker
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noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- spinner
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noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- snicker
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noun,
a snickering laugh.
- episcia
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- epicist
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noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- Stikine
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noun,
a river in NW British Columbia, Canada and SE Alaska, flowing W and SW to the Pacific Ocean: important route in 1890s Klondike gold rush. 335 miles (539 km) long.
- sticker
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noun,
a person or thing that sticks.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- 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.
- 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.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- ekistic
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adjective,
of or relating to ekistics.
- icteric
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- tankers
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noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- cinerin
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- Katrine
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noun,
Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- Sickert
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noun,
Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter.
- Kastner
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noun,
Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, German writer.
- centri-
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- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- kainite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous sulfate of magnesium and potassium chloride, occurring in granular crystalline masses, a source of potassium salts.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- take-in
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noun,
a deception, fraud, or imposition.
- skeptic
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noun,
a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- ipecacs
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noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intakes
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noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- Skinner
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noun,
a person or thing that skins.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inscape
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noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- Inkster
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- transp.
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- pinners
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- tiepins
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- Perkins
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noun,
Frances, 1882–1965, U.S. sociologist: Secretary of Labor 1933–45.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- airsick
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adjective,
afflicted with airsickness.
- 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.
- piscina
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noun,
a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- tickers
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noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- piscine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- ascetic
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noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- Rankine
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noun,
William John Macquorn [muh-kwawrn] /məˈkwɔrn/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.
- peccant
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adjective,
sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- aseptic
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noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- Patrick
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noun,
Saint, a.d. 389?–461? British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- asinine
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adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- pinnate
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adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- practic
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adjective,
practical.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- Pierian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- tin-pan
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adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- tinkers
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noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- pickets
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noun,
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- pickers
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noun,
someone or something that picks.
- Pickens
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noun,
Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- pinnace
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noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Piarist
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noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- pinkens
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verb (used without object),
to grow or turn pink.
- pianist
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noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- ancient
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- arctics
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- actinic
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adjective,
pertaining to actinism.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- 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.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- accents
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noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- pannier
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- accepts
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verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- tenpins
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- pricket
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noun,
a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- aspirin
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noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- picrite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- prances
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- racket
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noun,
a loud noise or clamor, especially of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar:
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- instr.
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- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- pineta
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noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- prinks
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verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- intake
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noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- spiker
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noun,
a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- pinken
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verb (used without object),
to grow or turn pink.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- pinkie
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noun,
the little finger.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Encina
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- ranket
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noun,
a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- sprain
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- intra-
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- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- prance
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- inter.
-
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- pikers
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pisci-
-
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- ickers
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- icecap
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Rankin
-
noun,
Jeannette, 1880–1973, U.S. women's-rights leader and pacifist: first woman elected to Congress; served 1917–19, 1941–43.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- 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.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- pricks
-
noun,
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- 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.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- sinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- ipecac
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- stacc.
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Neckar
-
noun,
a river in SW Germany, flowing N and NE from the Black Forest, then W to the Rhine River. 246 miles (395 km) long.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Natick
-
noun,
a town in E Massachusetts, W of Boston.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- napkin
-
noun,
a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, for use in wiping the lips and fingers and to protect the clothes while eating.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- patri-
-
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- packet
-
noun,
a small group or package of anything:
- Packer
-
noun,
a person or thing that packs.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- reskin
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Panini
-
noun,
flourished c400 b.c, Indian grammarian of Sanskrit.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sacker
-
noun,
bagger (def 1).
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- kraits
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- pectic
-
adjective,
pertaining to pectin.
- picric
-
adjective,
of or derived from picric acid.
- picket
-
noun,
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sicken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- sicker
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- Kasper
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Caspar.
- sickie
-
noun,
Also, sicko. a person who is deranged or perverted.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Karens
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- Kaiser
-
noun,
a German emperor.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Picker
-
noun,
someone or something that picks.
- 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.
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- picnic
-
noun,
an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- skater
-
noun,
a person who skates.
- Irakis
-
noun,
Iraqi.
- Kearns
-
noun,
a town in N Utah, near Salt Lake City.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- screak
-
noun,
a screech.
- pekans
-
noun,
the fisher, Martes pennanti.
- pekins
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- pennis
-
- Kistna
-
noun,
former name of Krishna (def 2).
- recti-
-
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- kirpan
-
noun,
a small dagger worn by orthodox Sikhs.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Kipnis
-
noun,
Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1891–1978, Russian singer in the U.S.
- kinins
-
noun,
cytokinin.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- penta-
-
- Perkin
-
noun,
Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.
- Pernik
-
noun,
former name of Dimitrovo.
- 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.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- kinase
-
noun,
a transferase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of a substrate by ATP.
- septi-
-
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- kerat-
-
- 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.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Ciskei
-
noun,
a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1981 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 3200 sq. mi. (8300 sq. km). Capital: Bisho.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- C-in-C
-
- 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.
- citric
-
adjective,
of or derived from citric acid.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- cerat-
-
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- crakes
-
noun,
any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Cranks
-
noun,
Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- strick
-
noun,
a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- cracks
-
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- strake
-
noun,
Nautical. a continuous course of planks or plates on a ship forming a hull shell, deck, etc.
- streak
-
noun,
a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- creaks
-
noun,
a creaking sound.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carpic
-
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- casket
-
noun,
a coffin.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- canker
-
noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- 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.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- centr-
-
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- centi-
-
- 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):
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- takins
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tanker
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- catkin
-
noun,
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Atkins
-
noun,
Chester ("Chet") 1924–2001, U.S. country-and-western singer and musician.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Tarski
-
noun,
Alfred, 1902–1983, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Poland.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- traiks
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- 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.
- accept
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- tranks
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- Eakins
-
noun,
Thomas, 1844–1916, U.S. painter.
- trans.
-
- actin-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- cricks
-
noun,
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- Aitken
-
noun,
Robert Grant, 1864–1951, U.S. astronomer.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- tricks
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- critic
-
noun,
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- cacks
-
noun,
a soft-soled, heelless shoe for infants.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- acet-
-
- pret.
-
- prick
-
noun,
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- packs
-
noun,
a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person:
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- tears
-
- 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.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- teaks
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Pakse
-
noun,
a city in S Laos, on the Mekong River.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- resp.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- part.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- acpt.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Parks
-
noun,
Gordon (Alexander Buchanan) 1912–2006, U.S. photojournalist and film director.
- rept.
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- astr.
-
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Pres.
-
- Tenn.
-
- pant-
-
- 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.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- acct.
-
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- saker
-
noun,
an Old World falcon, Falco cherrug, used in falconry.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Cant.
-
- racks
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- 30-30
-
- sanit
-
- necks
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Capek
-
noun,
Karel [kair-uh l,, kar-,, kahr-;; Czech kah-rel] /ˈkɛər əl,, ˈkær-,, ˈkɑr-;; Czech ˈkɑ rɛl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Czech playwright, novelist, and producer.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- nears
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- sarc-
-
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Nicks
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- 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).
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- ricks
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- NSPCC
-
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- cakes
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- canc.
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- prink
-
verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- ranks
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- picks
-
noun,
the act of choosing or selecting; choice; selection:
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- tikis
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) (in Polynesian mythology) the first man on earth.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- treas
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- recip
-
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- aeri-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- petri
-
- anti-
-
- rcpt.
-
- 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.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Pinsk
-
noun,
a city in SW Byelorussia (Belarus), E of Brest.
- traik
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- Akins
-
noun,
Zoë [zoh-ee] /ˈzoʊ i/ (Show IPA), 1886–1958, U.S. playwright.
- 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.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- pinks
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- anis-
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pikes
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- piker
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- pikas
-
noun,
any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- 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.
- trank
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- rakis
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- 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.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- rakes
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- peaks
-
noun,
the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- 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.
- pecks
-
noun,
a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to 537.6 cubic inches (8.81 liters).
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- patr-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tera-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- 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.
- petr-
-
- rect.
-
- Recit
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- peta-
-
- recks
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- recpt
-
- ariki
-
noun,
(in Polynesia) a chief or king.
- pert.
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Perks
-
noun,
perquisite.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- 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.
- prank
-
noun,
a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- peri-
-
- Perak
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 7980 sq. mi. (20,668 sq. km). Capital: Ipoh.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- ticks
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- Penn.
-
- prae-
-
- Penki
-
noun,
Benxi.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Pekin
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- pekan
-
noun,
the fisher, Martes pennanti.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- stake
-
noun,
a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- insep
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- insp.
-
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- inst.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- snack
-
noun,
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- tacks
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Snark
-
noun,
a mysterious, imaginary animal.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- init.
-
- crank
-
noun,
Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- incr.
-
- snake
-
noun,
any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- crake
-
noun,
any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- intr.
-
- sneck
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- taken
-
noun,
the act of taking.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- istic
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- takes
-
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- sikra
-
noun,
sikhara.
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- takin
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- cert.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cine-
-
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- Skeat
-
noun,
Walter William, 1835–1912, English philologist and lexicographer.
- Iraki
-
noun,
Iraqi.
- Iran.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- skean
-
noun,
a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- skate
-
noun,
ice skate (def 1).
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- narks
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- snick
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- kains
-
noun,
cain.
- Epis.
-
- ster.
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- stick
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- Episc
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Epist
-
- crit.
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- step-
-
- steak
-
noun,
a slice of meat or fish, especially beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
- Spike
-
noun,
a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stack
-
noun,
a more or less orderly pile or heap:
- Srta.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stank
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Stark
-
noun,
Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Sakti
-
noun,
Shakti.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- 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.
- spank
-
noun,
a blow given in spanking; a smart or resounding slap.
- span-
-
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- IATSE
-
- spake
-
verb,
a simple past tense of speak.
- creak
-
noun,
a creaking sound.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- ician
-
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- Ickes
-
noun,
Harold (Le Claire) [luh klair] /lə klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- 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.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Spark
-
noun,
an ignited or fiery particle such as is thrown off by burning wood or produced by one hard body striking against another.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- 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.
- spick
-
noun,
spic.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Crick
-
noun,
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
- speck
-
noun,
a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies:
- spec.
-
- 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.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- speak
-
Idioms,
so to speak, to use a manner of speaking; figuratively speaking:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Sitka
-
noun,
a town in SE Alaska, on an island in the Alexander Archipelago: the capital of former Russian America.
- knars
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- Kesia
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scat-
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- sect.
-
- kepis
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- carks
-
noun,
care or worry.
- Kirin
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Jilin.
- Krips
-
noun,
Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1902–74, Austrian orchestra conductor.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- kinin
-
noun,
cytokinin.
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- kisan
-
noun,
(in India) a peasant.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- kinas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- krans
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Seric
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Katie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- carp-
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- cent.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- karts
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- caps.
-
- Karst
-
noun,
an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- knaps
-
noun,
a crest or summit of a small hill.
- Karen
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Kans.
-
- kanes
-
noun,
cain.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- 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.
- Keita
-
noun,
Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- tanks
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- Keats
-
noun,
John, 1795–1821, English poet.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- krait
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- seti-
-
- Capt.
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- 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.
- rpt.
-
- SPCA
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPCC
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- scr.
-
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- RNAS
-
- Sika
-
noun,
a small, reddish deer, Cervus nippon, native to eastern Asia: most populations are endangered.
- SACK
-
noun,
a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- Sra.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- Sark
-
noun,
any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt, or the like.
- Sat.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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.
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tRNA
-
- rack
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sci.
-
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- tri-
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- spik
-
noun,
spic.
- sake
-
noun,
cause, account, interest, or benefit:
- Ste.
-
- Saki
-
noun,
any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sank
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Skat
-
noun,
a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- skep
-
noun,
a round farm basket of wicker or wood.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- tank
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- tack
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- sick
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sepn
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- RIIA
-
- Rask
-
noun,
Rasmus Christian [ras-muh s kris-chuh n;; Danish rahs-moo s krees-tyahn] /ˈræs məs ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish ˈrɑs mʊs ˈkris tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1832, Danish philologist.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- tnpk
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Rep.
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Tiki
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) (in Polynesian mythology) the first man on earth.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- Teak
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- task
-
noun,
a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Skip
-
noun,
a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
- 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.
- str.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- pts.
-
- 1080
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- cark
-
noun,
care or worry.
- KIAS
-
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- keta
-
noun,
chum salmon.
- KIPS
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- cap.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- Can.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- ket-
-
- cake
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- kc/s
-
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- KCSI
-
- cask
-
noun,
a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- keas
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- keat
-
noun,
keet.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- kepi
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- kept
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- knap
-
noun,
a crest or summit of a small hill.
- kats
-
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- NCTE
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- kras
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- cack
-
noun,
a soft-soled, heelless shoe for infants.
- Knt.
-
- cac-
-
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- atic
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Kate
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- ikat
-
noun,
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- crat
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- inae
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ect-
-
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- enc.
-
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Ens.
-
- epi-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Inc.
-
- kart
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- cir.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- cen.
-
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- Kant
-
noun,
Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- Kars
-
noun,
a city in NE Turkey.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- cit.
-
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- art.
-
- ates
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- Pers
-
- perk
-
noun,
perquisite.
- per.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Peck
-
noun,
a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to 537.6 cubic inches (8.81 liters).
- 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.
- 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.
- peak
-
noun,
the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- pct.
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pet.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- ance
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Park
-
noun,
an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- 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.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- Paki
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Pakistani, especially one who has emigrated to Britain.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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.
- Pack
-
noun,
a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- pink
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- 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.
- aet.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pike
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- pika
-
noun,
any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- aer-
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- AISI
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- Pica
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noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pias
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noun,
a female given name.
- pian
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noun,
yaws.
- pita
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noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- ACTS
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- pkt.
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- pnea
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- pacs
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noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- par.
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- aesc
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noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- apts
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plural,
apartment.
- Acis
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noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- NTIA
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- psec
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- apes
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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.
- psia
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- Apis
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noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- PACE
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noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- acc.
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- APSE
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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.
- apt.
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plural,
apartment.
- ARCS
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- nits
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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.
- acne
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- nisi
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adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
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- nips
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nipa
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noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Arce
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noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ares
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Nine
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noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- ARIS
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- Ark.
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- arks
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter). Also called Noah's Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6–9.
- Arne
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noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- PSAT
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- Apr.
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- prs.
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- prec
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- prin
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- ANSI
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- ant.
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- pre-
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- acr-
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- Anne
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noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- prie
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noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- anes
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adverb,
once.
- ann.
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- Acre
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noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- prat
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noun,
the buttocks.
- TSI
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- STP
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- cte
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- CPR
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- CPI
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- CPS
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- ACP
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- Sta
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- tsk
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noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- csk
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- St.
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- CSR
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- CPA
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- ec-
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- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSP
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- CST
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- CTA
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- TSE
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- stk
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- trp
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- CRP
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- ear
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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.
- ACS
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- CRT
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- ACK
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- ea.
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CSA
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- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CSC
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- CRS
-
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ap-
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- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- CRC
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- ae.
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- Ar.
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- an.
-
- AEC
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- STI
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- ean
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- ac-
-
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CTC
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- ARS
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- CNS
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- cp.
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- APC
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- ATP
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- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
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- TEC
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noun,
detective.
- cc.
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- cr.
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- ECA
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- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
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- TCA
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- cs.
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- ct.
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- APE
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noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- API
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abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ASK
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noun,
the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
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- ARE
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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.
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- ase
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- ASI
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- ASN
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- APS
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- ASP
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noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- tin
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noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ASR
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- ast
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- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- at.
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- ATC
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- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CAI
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- CNN
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- CIE
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- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- cep
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noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- AIS
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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.
- CIA
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- CIC
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- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CEA
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- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- CIP
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- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
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- CNC
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- CEC
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- CCS
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verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- TPI
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- tra
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- tpk
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- TPN
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- Tpr
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- tr.
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CCR
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- ANC
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- ake
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verb (used without object),
ache.
- TAP
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noun,
a light but audible blow:
- AKC
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- CCA
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- CCP
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- ARP
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noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ski
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noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Sr.
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- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- SAE
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sp.
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- RTS
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- RNA
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- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- 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.
- NNE
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- NNP
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- NPR
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- Npt
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- nr.
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- NRA
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- NRC
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- NSA
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- nik
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- NIA
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- Pa.
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- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- kr.
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- Kra
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noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- SCP
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- KRP
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- krs
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- ksi
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- spt
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
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noun,
naan.
- sc.
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCC
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- ne-
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- NEA
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- SAR
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- NEC
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- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NSC
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- pc.
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- KNP
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- pis
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pk.
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plural,
pack.
- pks
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plural,
pack.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- PRA
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- PRC
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- PSA
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- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- PSC
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- PSE
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- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- RPS
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- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
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- RCS
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- RCP
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
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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.
- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- PCI
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- Pr.
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- prn
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- Ps.
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- pt.
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- PAC
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noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- PAK
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noun,
pack; package.
- ret
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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
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PCS
-
- pik
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noun,
payment in kind.
- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- pie
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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:
- REA
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- RCT
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- RCN
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- RCA
-
- kpc
-
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- se-
-
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ICC
-
- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ick
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interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- ier
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- Ike
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noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- in.
-
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- Skt
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IPA
-
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- IPS
-
- Ir.
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- IRC
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- ska
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noun,
a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
- irk
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verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- IAS
-
- Ia.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Eck
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noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- SPR
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- Ep.
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- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
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- erk
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noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ERP
-
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- Esk
-
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- IRS
-
- ipr
-
- ISA
-
- Ker
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- Kt.
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ka-
-
- Kan
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- Kas
-
noun,
(in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- SER
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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).
- ITC
-
- KIA
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- KIP
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- kn.
-
- ite
-
- kCi
-
- ist
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ITA
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NP
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- CE
-
- N.
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- SA
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- sk
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RI
-
- TC
-
- RP
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- S.
-
- TP
-
- K.
-
- KP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- IP
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- TN
-
- tk
-
- AK
-
- KC
-
- SN
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ck
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .