Anagrams of pentobarbital
Word pentobarbital has
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- alteration
-
noun,
the act or process of altering; the state of being altered:
- biparental
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having traits or characteristics that stem from both parents.
- pan-broil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to cook in an uncovered frying pan over direct heat using little or no fat.
- rabbinate
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noun,
the office or term of office of a rabbi.
- trainable
-
adjective,
capable of being trained.
- Petrolina
-
noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- battalion
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noun,
Military. a ground force unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or similar units.
- tin-plate
-
noun,
thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin.
- platinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of platinic acid.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- Bonaparte
-
noun,
Jérôme [juh-rohm;; French zhey-rohm] /dʒəˈroʊm;; French ʒeɪˈroʊm/ (Show IPA), 1784–1860, king of Westphalia 1807 (brother of Napoleon I).
- printable
-
adjective,
capable of being printed.
- trilobate
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adjective,
having three lobes.
- natrolite
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noun,
a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- barbitone
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noun,
barbital.
- torbanite
-
noun,
Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
- Antipater
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noun,
398?–319 b.c, Macedonian statesman and general: regent of Macedonia 334–323.
- anabolite
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noun,
a product of anabolic action.
- perinatal
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adjective,
occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- barbotine
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noun,
a thin clay paste for making ceramic decorations in low relief.
- potential
-
noun,
possibility; potentiality:
- airplane
-
noun,
a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- orbitale
-
noun,
Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- barbital
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noun,
a barbiturate compound, C 7 O 3 N 2 H 12 , formerly used as a hypnotic.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- Barletta
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Oriental
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- open-air
-
noun,
the outdoors.
- relation
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- bareboat
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adjective,
providing a boat only, exclusive of crew, stores, fuel, and the like:
- probable
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adjective,
likely to occur or prove true:
- Interpol
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noun,
an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- Atabrine
-
- platino-
-
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- antipole
-
noun,
the opposite pole.
- 11-point
-
- Polabian
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
- portable
-
noun,
something that is portable, especially as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart:
- libretto
-
noun,
the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
- Tirolean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- Alberoni
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- alterant
-
noun,
something that produces alteration.
- prenatal
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adjective,
previous to birth or to giving birth:
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- Latinate
-
adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- notarial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- Laborite
-
noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- petiolar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- baronial
-
adjective,
pertaining to a baron or barony or to the order of barons.
- rational
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- tabbinet
-
noun,
tabinet.
- tailbone
-
noun,
the coccyx.
- Brattain
-
noun,
Walter Houser [hou-zer] /ˈhaʊ zər/ (Show IPA), 1902–1987, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- ablation
-
noun,
the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances, from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery.
- tabletop
-
noun,
a surface forming or suggesting the top of a table.
- bilobate
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into two lobes.
- parental
-
noun,
Informal. one's parent (often preceded by the):
- triptane
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- patinate
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verb (used with object),
to cover or encrust with a patina.
- Palatine
-
noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- pantalet
-
noun,
Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- betatron
-
noun,
an accelerator in which electrons are accelerated to high energies by an electric field produced by a changing magnetic field.
- talapoin
-
noun,
a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- Aaronite
-
noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- patentor
-
noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- trotline
-
noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- parietal
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- paternal
-
adjective,
characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:
- Taborite
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noun,
(in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- triplane
-
- abattoir
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noun,
a slaughterhouse.
- partible
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adjective,
capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.
- Britten
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noun,
(Edward) Benjamin, 1913–76, English composer and pianist.
- biretta
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- bipolar
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adjective,
having two poles, as the earth.
- potline
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- Lepanto
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noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- biplane
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noun,
an airplane with two sets of wings, one above and usually slightly forward of the other.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- atiptoe
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adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- prattle
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noun,
the act of prattling.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Bonaire
-
noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- Latrobe
-
noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- potable
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noun,
Usually, potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- bobtail
-
noun,
a short or docked tail.
- apteria
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- talipot
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noun,
a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.
- Bleriot
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noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- Platter
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noun,
a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Loretta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- bloater
-
noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- plotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that plots.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- apteral
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adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- bittern
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noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- pointal
-
noun,
pointel.
- librate
-
verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- blotter
-
noun,
a piece of blotting paper used to absorb excess ink, to protect a desk top, etc.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- polenta
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- blatant
-
adjective,
brazenly obvious; flagrant:
- arnatto
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- bitonal
-
adjective,
marked by or using bitonality.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- attrib.
-
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- 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.
- Bettina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tabaret
-
noun,
a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
- Brabant
-
noun,
a former duchy in W Europe, now divided between the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Tarpeia
-
noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- Barnett
-
noun,
a male given name.
- brattle
-
noun,
a clattering noise.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- Bepaint
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verb (used with object),
to cover or smear with paint.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- tabinet
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noun,
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- 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.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- belabor
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verb (used with object),
to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary:
- ropable
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adjective,
capable of being roped.
- Britton
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noun,
Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, U.S. botanist.
- bottler
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noun,
a person, thing, or company that bottles.
- bibelot
-
noun,
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
- tin-pot
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adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- laparo-
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- probate
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noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- brittle
-
noun,
a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled:
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- proline
-
noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- Tibetan
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- Taranto
-
noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- labiate
-
noun,
a labiate plant.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- PT-boat
-
noun,
a small, fast, lightly armed, unarmored, and highly maneuverable boat used chiefly for torpedoing enemy shipping.
- barbate
-
adjective,
tufted or furnished with hairs; bearded.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- taboret
-
noun,
a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- Balaton
-
noun,
a lake in W Hungary: the largest lake in central Europe. About 50 miles (80 km) long; 230 sq. mi. (596 sq. km).
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- ratable
-
adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- apatite
-
noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluorophosphate, Ca 5 FP 3 O 12 , occurring in individual crystals and in masses and varying in color, formerly used in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers.
- blatter
-
noun,
the act or sound of blattering.
- Platina
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- notable
-
noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- patrial
-
noun,
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- triable
-
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- palaeo-
-
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- ablator
-
noun,
See under ablation (def 3).
- palato-
-
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- paletot
-
noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- niobate
-
noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- abettor
-
noun,
a person who abets.
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- Abelian
-
adjective,
of or relating to Niels Henrik Abel or his theorems.
- Pianola
-
noun,
(lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
- petrol.
-
- triolet
-
noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- aerobia
-
noun,
aerobe.
- Trapani
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- airboat
-
noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- Trebbia
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing N into the Po at Piacenza: Romans defeated by Hannibal near here 218 b.c. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- peloria
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Opaline
-
adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- Aetolia
-
noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- tortile
-
adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Alberta
-
noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- Aeolian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- Oberlin
-
noun,
Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- Alebion
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon.
- nibbler
-
noun,
a person or thing that nibbles.
- orbital
-
noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- triplet
-
noun,
one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- plantar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- partial
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- parboil
-
verb (used with object),
to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- partita
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- antero-
-
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- planate
-
adjective,
having a plane or flat surface.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- abalone
-
noun,
a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother-of-pearl.
- parable
-
noun,
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- toprail
-
noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- pantile
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- Partlet
-
noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- Plantae
-
noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- boatel
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Talbot
-
noun,
a hound with long pendent ears.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- iatro-
-
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- pattle
-
noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- tabret
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- Braila
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- paleo-
-
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- paleon
-
- panto-
-
- bottle
-
noun,
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- tablet
-
noun,
a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- ribbon
-
noun,
a woven strip or band of fine material, as silk or rayon, varying in width and finished off at the edges, used for ornament, tying, etc.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- earbob
-
noun,
an earring or eardrop.
- Robbia
-
noun,
Andrea della [ahn-dre-ah del-lah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1435–1525, and his uncle, Luca della [loo-kah del-lah] /ˈlu kɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA) c1400–82, Italian sculptors.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- patri-
-
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- intra-
-
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- nibble
-
noun,
a small morsel or bit:
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- libber
-
noun,
an advocate, follower, or member of a social-reform liberation movement:
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- pottle
-
noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- lepto-
-
- nitro-
-
- polit.
-
- 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.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Platte
-
noun,
a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- pleio-
-
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Lobber
-
noun,
clabber.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- plano-
-
- plani-
-
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rabbin
-
noun,
rabbi1 .
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- 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.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- rabato
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- rabban
-
noun,
master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).
- rabbet
-
noun,
a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- rabbit
-
noun,
any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- rabble
-
noun,
a disorderly crowd; mob.
- intro.
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- penta-
-
- inter.
-
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- labio-
-
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- nobble
-
verb (used with object),
to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- petro-
-
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- 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.
- probit
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alboin
-
noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- batter
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- aeron.
-
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Arbela
-
noun,
an ancient city of Assyria, E of the Tigris, on the site of modern Erbil: headquarters of Darius III before his defeat by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela 331 b.c.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- batten
-
noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- battel
-
noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- bettor
-
noun,
a person who bet.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- anopia
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- battle
-
noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- Albion
-
noun,
Alebion.
- albino
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- Balboa
-
noun,
Vasco Núñez de [bahs-kaw noo-nyeth th e] /ˈbɑs kɔ ˈnu nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
- aporia
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tetra-
-
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- terat-
-
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Abbott
-
noun,
Berenice, 1898–1991, U.S. photographer.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- Blaine
-
noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Barbie
-
noun,
Also called Barbie doll. a person, especially a young woman, perceived as blandly attractive and vacuous.
- 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.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- barbet
-
noun,
any of several stocky, tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, having a stout bill with bristles at the base.
- bitten
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- barbel
-
noun,
a slender, external process on the jaw or other part of the head of certain fishes.
- Abelia
-
noun,
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- Bilbao
-
noun,
a seaport in N Spain, near the Bay of Biscay.
- barit.
-
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- aboral
-
adjective,
opposite to or away from the mouth.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- tapeta
-
noun,
Botany. a layer of cells often investing the archespore in a developing sporangium and absorbed as the spores mature.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- tribo-
-
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- nabob
-
noun,
any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Nebr.
-
- plat.
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- 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.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- natl.
-
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- ante-
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- tonia
-
- plan-
-
- anti-
-
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- 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.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- lipo-
-
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Tobit
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Port.
-
- Arnel
-
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- areo-
-
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- prae-
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- 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).
- plio-
-
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- poet.
-
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Arab.
-
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- Pablo
-
noun,
a male given name, Spanish form of Paul.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- 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.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- aeri-
-
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- 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.
- aero-
-
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orial
-
- 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.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- 30-30
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- part.
-
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- pari-
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- para-
-
- 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.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- Abbai
-
noun,
the part of the Blue Nile above Lake Tana.
- Abbie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Abigail.
- Abbot
-
noun,
a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.
- pant-
-
- 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.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- pale-
-
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- 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.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Alta.
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- 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.
- alti-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- alto-
-
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- anal.
-
- anat.
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- pibal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds by theodolitic tracking of a pilot balloon.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- pert.
-
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- toti-
-
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- peta-
-
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- OBrit
-
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- petri
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- ation
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Bibl.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ileo-
-
- barba
-
noun,
the beard.
- Barbe
-
noun,
a band or small scarf of lace, worn around the head or neck by women.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- teno-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- rebab
-
noun,
a Near Eastern fiddle having one to three strings and played with a bow.
- baro-
-
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Bible
-
noun,
the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
- Bart.
-
- intr.
-
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Bonpa
-
noun,
a member of the Bön sect.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- bilbo
-
noun,
a long iron bar or bolt with sliding shackles and a lock, formerly attached to the ankles of prisoners.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- 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.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- in-lb
-
- 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:
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Brit.
-
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- bribe
-
noun,
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- bebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Brett
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- ento-
-
- reni-
-
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Brale
-
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- telo-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rept.
-
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- 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.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- tera-
-
- Iran.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Babar
-
noun,
Baber.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- pret.
-
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- atto-
-
- 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.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- BLitt
-
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- prob.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Babel
-
noun,
Isaak Emmanuilovich [ahy-zuh k;; Russian ee-sahk yi-muh-noo-yee-luh-vyich] /ˈaɪ zək;; Russian iˈsɑk yɪ mə nuˈyi lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1941, Russian author.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Rabbi
-
noun,
the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community.
Compare cantor (def 2).
- biont
-
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- Ital.
-
- Balt.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- pron.
-
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- biol.
-
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Baber
-
noun,
(Zahir ed-Din Mohammed) 1483–1530, founder of the Mogul Empire.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Prot.
-
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Balao
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- Balbo
-
noun,
Italo [ee-tah-law] /ˈi tɑ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1940, Italian aviator, general, and statesman.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tron
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- RONA
-
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- tab.
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- TRIB
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tri-
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- tRNA
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- rpt.
-
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- trit
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- repl
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- pnea
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- RIBA
-
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Pol.
-
- 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.
- top-
-
- prin
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Tit.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- pre-
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- pot.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- tion
-
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- PERL
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pil-
-
- tel-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- Pet.
-
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- 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.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- Rep.
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- blip
-
noun,
Also called pip. Electronics.
a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object.
(loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- itol
-
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- bal.
-
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Babi
-
noun,
Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
- Babe
-
noun,
a baby or child.
- Baba
-
noun,
a spongelike cake leavened with yeast and often containing raisins, baked in a small mold and then usually soaked with a rum syrup.
- Lab.
-
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- 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.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- bbl.
-
plural,
barrel.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Barb
-
noun,
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- Ire.
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- bar.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lani
-
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lib.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- bott
-
noun,
bot2 .
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lip-
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- att.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- 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.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- attn
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- 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.
- ator
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- 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.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- blob
-
noun,
a globule of liquid; bubble.
- Bol.
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- btl.
-
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- BLit
-
- brob
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped spike for securing an end of a timber butting against the side of another.
- 1080
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- bleb
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
- 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.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- BPOE
-
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- blab
-
noun,
idle, indiscreet chattering.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- iana
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Bib.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bet.
-
- IAEA
-
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- IATA
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- ible
-
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ile-
-
- inae
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- bio-
-
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- pat.
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- bin-
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- NTIA
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- NRAB
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- NRPB
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Nor.
-
- Ala.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- aet.
-
- obb.
-
- aer-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- 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.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- NIRA
-
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- NLRB
-
- NOAA
-
- Alb.
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- alt.
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Abbe
-
noun,
a member of the secular clergy.
- Abba
-
noun,
a female day name for Thursday.
See under day name.
- AARP
-
- PABA
-
noun,
para-aminobenzoic acid.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- ABBR
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pal.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- 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.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Ont.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- abr.
-
- ole-
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abl.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Abib
-
noun,
Aviv.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opia
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- 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.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- ant.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- ANPA
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neo-
-
- tra
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- AAP
-
- Aar
-
- ATA
-
- abb
-
noun,
low-grade wool from the breech or outer edges of a fleece.
- Bob
-
noun,
a short, jerky motion:
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TAL
-
- Bn.
-
- Ar.
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TBO
-
- TIA
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ble
-
- Tbi
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AAE
-
- an.
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tlo
-
- at.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TNB
-
- tlr
-
- TNT
-
- 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.
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Tro
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ab-
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- AIA
-
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- aor
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Bab
-
noun,
abbreviated form of Bab ed-Din.
- APB
-
- Tpr
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- BIE
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- bi-
-
- ATP
-
- be-
-
- bl.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tr.
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- TPI
-
- BEP
-
- bp.
-
- Br.
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TPN
-
- AEA
-
- ATB
-
- abn
-
- 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.
- BLA
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- AOA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- 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.
- BBA
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ae.
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Apl
-
- TBA
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Abp
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- abt
-
- 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.
- EPT
-
- BPA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- PRA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- POR
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Ola
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- OIt
-
- LON
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POB
-
- POA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- BPE
-
- PLO
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Re.
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- PTT
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- La.
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Lt.
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ONI
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- OPA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ONR
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- PLR
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- PIO
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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:
- NOP
-
- OAP
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- 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:
- ob.
-
- NIA
-
- pl.
-
- pli
-
- NAA
-
- LPN
-
- OIr
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- obl
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OBE
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- 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.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- NbE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- PLA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- OTA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ebb
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- EbN
-
- RNA
-
- eir
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- OTB
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ROA
-
- ERT
-
- Pr.
-
- BPI
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- prn
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RPO
-
- BRE
-
- eo-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- ROP
-
- BRT
-
- Bt.
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- BTE
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ERP
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Pa.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ine
-
- 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.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- IPO
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ipr
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- ote
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- ETO
-
- op.
-
- RBI
-
- IBN
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- REA
-
- in.
-
- ib.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ier
-
- ETR
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- OA
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AO
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ol
-
- PB
-
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RI
-
- L.
-
- RN
-
- 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
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- Eb
-
- R.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RP
-
- t.
-
- TB
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- O.
-
- TN
-
- TP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- LR
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TL
-
- ln
-
- B-
-
- le
-
- BO
-
- BB
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- TT
-