Anagrams of percentiles
Word percentiles has
995 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of percentiles.
- pestilence
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noun,
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- epicenters
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noun,
Also, epicentrum. Geology. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.
- percentile
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies:
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- epicenter
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noun,
Also, epicentrum. Geology. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.
- splenetic
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noun,
a splenetic person.
- Leicester
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noun,
1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- pelerines
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noun,
a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.
- preselect
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verb (used with object),
to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presenile
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adjective,
pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- pretences
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noun,
pretense.
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- enlistee
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noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- epicenes
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noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- pretense
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noun,
pretending or feigning; make-believe:
- erectile
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adjective,
capable of being erected or set upright.
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- lecterns
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- pretence
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noun,
pretense.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- licensee
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noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- selenite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- presence
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noun,
the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- pelerine
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noun,
a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- preteens
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noun,
Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- percents
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- Pericles
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noun,
c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- prelects
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- terpenes
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noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- celeries
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noun,
a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- pencils
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noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- pencels
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noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- Celeste
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- Spencer
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noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- lectern
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- electr-
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- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- eclipse
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- prelect
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- percent
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- splenic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen:
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- eserine
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noun,
physostigmine.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- splicer
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noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- retenes
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- steeple
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noun,
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- steepen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- steelie
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noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- centri-
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- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- epeeist
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noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- replete
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noun,
Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- epicene
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noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- sleeper
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noun,
a person or thing that sleeps.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- peelers
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noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- terpene
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noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- crenels
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- scepter
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- pectens
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noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- secrete
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Serpent
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noun,
a snake.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- Script.
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- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- preteen
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noun,
Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serene
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noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- instr.
-
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Celine
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noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- septic
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- septi-
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- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- Niepce
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noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- splice
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noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- Selene
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noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- spleen
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noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- incept
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- pestle
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- selen-
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- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splint
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- splen-
-
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- censer
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- inter.
-
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- pecten
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noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- centr-
-
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- peeler
-
noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Peirce
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noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Peerce
-
noun,
Jan (Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) 1904–84, U.S. opera singer.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- specie
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noun,
coined money; coin.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- scler-
-
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- liters
-
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.
- sclent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- pencel
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- pensee
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noun,
a reflection or thought.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- centi-
-
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- pencil
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- tepees
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Eileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- elect.
-
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Elsene
-
noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- recti-
-
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- enter-
-
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- escent
-
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- recip
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- petri
-
- Recit
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- reni-
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- nitr-
-
- 30-30
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rcpt.
-
- resp.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- cent.
-
- petr-
-
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- sect.
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rect.
-
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- 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).
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- pene-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pert.
-
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- 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.
- pret.
-
- Peele
-
noun,
George, 1558?–97? English dramatist.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- rept.
-
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- Pres.
-
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Pelee
-
noun,
Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- cert.
-
- licet
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Epist
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Episc
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Epis.
-
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- encl.
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ster.
-
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Icel.
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- 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:
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- incr.
-
- incl.
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- step-
-
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- ESPEC
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tele-
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- 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.
- crit.
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- insep
-
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- insp.
-
- Seric
-
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- lect.
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- recpt
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Sept.
-
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- spec.
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti-
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- inst.
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- intr.
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- scr.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- scil
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sepn
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sec.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- sci.
-
- rit.
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tri-
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- str.
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Ste.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- repl
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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.
- rpt.
-
- ter.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- ten.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rep.
-
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- SLIC
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 1080
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- intl
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Ire.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- ins.
-
- Inc.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- IEEE
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- est.
-
- NCTE
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lin.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lip-
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- esp.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clep
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cet-
-
- Cres
-
- CERN
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- epi-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- epit
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- ctr.
-
- Ens.
-
- enl.
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ect-
-
- cts.
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pct.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- psec
-
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- 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.
- prs.
-
- prin
-
- per.
-
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- prec
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pre-
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Pen.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- pts.
-
- 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.
- Pers
-
- 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.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- PERL
-
- pil-
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ene
-
- pl.
-
- ERP
-
- 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.
- Ep.
-
- en-
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- PLC
-
- 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:
- ESR
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ESL
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- STI
-
- ERT
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPT
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- STL
-
- STP
-
- EPS
-
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TCS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SCP
-
- pli
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CIP
-
- CIE
-
- TLC
-
- tlr
-
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- RCN
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RCT
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- 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.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- CSR
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- spt
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEE
-
- EEC
-
- PLR
-
- ec-
-
- PRC
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CST
-
- CRT
-
- PSE
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- CPS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CPR
-
- CPL
-
- CPI
-
- CNS
-
- CLR
-
- CLI
-
- PSC
-
- cle
-
- Sr.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- pc.
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ne-
-
- sc.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ltr
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LPN
-
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- NEC
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Rs.
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Pr.
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- se-
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- prn
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ps.
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- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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:
- pt.
-
- NES
-
- PCI
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- PCS
-
- SLE
-
- RSE
-
- Les
-
- IRC
-
- ine
-
- LCI
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Lt.
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- ILP
-
- IRS
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ist
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- LCT
-
- SPR
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- ics
-
- 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.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Isl
-
- ier
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- il-
-
- IP
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- TP
-
- TN
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- TL
-
- NL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- CE
-
- L.
-
- RC
-
- T1
-
- RP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ic
-
- SN
-
- le
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- S.
-
- SL
-
- TC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ln
-
- R.
-
- t.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LR
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- N.
-
- NC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NI
-
- NP
-
- LC
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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.
- i.
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