Anagrams of patrilinies
Word patrilinies has
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- plein-air
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adjective,
pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- reptilian
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noun,
a reptile.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- Alpinist
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noun,
a mountain climber, especially in the Alps.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- pralines
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- pintails
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noun,
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- inspirit
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verb (used with object),
to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- 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.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Sleipnir
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noun,
the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- planters
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noun,
a person who plants.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- tailspin
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noun,
spin (def 23).
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- Reptilia
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noun,
the class comprising the reptiles.
- triplane
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- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- 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.
- pianist
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noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- 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.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- 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.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- 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.
- 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.
- spaniel
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Ipiales
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noun,
a city in SW Colombia.
- Piarist
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noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- Pierian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- planter
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noun,
a person who plants.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pintail
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noun,
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- transp.
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- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- transl.
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- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- pairle
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noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- panels
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noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Sparti
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- lipase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- lapins
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noun,
a rabbit.
- inlier
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- staple
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- Naples
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noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- septi-
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- Iletin
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- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- panier
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noun,
pannier.
- penta-
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- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- pensil
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noun,
pencel.
- Nepali
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noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- instr.
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- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- spital
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noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Spirit
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- patens
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- spirea
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- partis
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noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- spiral
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- spinel
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- paints
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noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- inter.
-
- Pansil
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noun,
Pancha Sila.
- spinal
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- intra-
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- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Persia
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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.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- retina
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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.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- patri-
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- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- patine
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noun,
patina.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- sprain
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- iritis
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noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- splint
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- splen-
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- pantie
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noun,
panties.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Napier
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noun,
neper.
- pistil
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noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Plains
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noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Pitris
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noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aspire
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- pities
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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:
- pitier
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noun,
a person who pities.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Alpine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- tepals
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noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- trans.
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- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
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noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pintle
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintas
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noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- pinite
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pineta
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noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- plaint
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noun,
a complaint.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- plani-
-
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- 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.
- 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.
- arsen-
-
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- 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.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- 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).
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- prae-
-
- natl.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Pres.
-
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- 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.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- sanit
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nitr-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nears
-
- pret.
-
- 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.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- 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.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- reni-
-
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- patr-
-
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- 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.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- 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.
- rept.
-
- peta-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- 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.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
-
- petr-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- 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.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- petri
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- resp.
-
- 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.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- plat.
-
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- pert.
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- pant-
-
- plast
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- pale-
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- plan-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- 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.
- 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.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- pari-
-
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- part.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- 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.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- intr.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insep
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- 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.
- init.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- step-
-
- IATSE
-
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- tears
-
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ante-
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- anti-
-
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- treas
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Arnel
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- seti-
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- span-
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Ital.
-
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- 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.
- 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.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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).
- 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.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tRNA
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- sepn
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rel.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- RIIA
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- str.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Rep.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- repl
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- rpt.
-
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ter.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Ste.
-
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Lat.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ELAS
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ates
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- inae
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- lin.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 1080
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Lani
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- enl.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Ens.
-
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- INRI
-
- 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.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pet.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- per.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- 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.
- alt.
-
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- psia
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- PSAT
-
- prs.
-
- prin
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- pre-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pnea
-
- 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.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Aire
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Alis
-
- ANSI
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Apr.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- NTIA
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- 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.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- ant.
-
- Apl
-
- STP
-
- STL
-
- ETR
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ESR
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ERT
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ETS
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- trp
-
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- ap-
-
- al.
-
- il-
-
- APS
-
- ier
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- an.
-
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- STI
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ase
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ast
-
- en-
-
- at.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- tr.
-
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tra
-
- EPA
-
- ea.
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EIS
-
- Ep.
-
- ASR
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EPT
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TIA
-
- ERP
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- eir
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TAL
-
- Tpr
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ASI
-
- tlr
-
- TPI
-
- EPS
-
- ASN
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- TPN
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- RPS
-
- ine
-
- RTS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- rte
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- RNA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Sta
-
- se-
-
- ne-
-
- NIA
-
- NEA
-
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Pa.
-
- Pr.
-
- 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.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- pli
-
- PLR
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- PRA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- PLA
-
- pl.
-
- prn
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REA
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SLE
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- SPR
-
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- La.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ISA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ise
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Isl
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ISR
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- Lt.
-
- lep
-
- SLA
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- IPA
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Les
-
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Sr.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- spt
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- i.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- IP
-
- RN
-
- L.
-
- R.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SA
-
- NP
-
- N.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LR
-
- ln
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NL
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SN
-
- le
-
- RP
-
- 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.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TL
-
- TN
-
- TP
-
- L2
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- L1
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.