Anagrams of percolates
Word percolates has
1375 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of percolates.
- corelates
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- percolate
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noun,
a percolated liquid.
- relocates
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- praelects
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- pectorals
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- sleepcoat
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noun,
a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- praelect
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- opalesce
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verb (used without object),
to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectro-
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- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- prelects
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- parclose
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noun,
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- parolees
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noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- capelets
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noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- caltrops
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- percales
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noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- perclose
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noun,
parclose.
- replaces
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- polecats
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- escarole
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noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- escalope
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noun,
scallop (def 5).
- electro-
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- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- parolee
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noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- cerato-
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- stereo-
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- paroles
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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.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- pectase
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noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- lactose
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- Lacoste
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noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- percale
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noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- caltrop
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- scepter
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- capelet
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noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- sclero-
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- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- 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).
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- caplets
-
- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- pectose
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noun,
protopectin.
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- 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.
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- electr-
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- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- oleates
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noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- replace
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- operate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- opercle
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noun,
an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- leprose
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adjective,
leprous.
- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- relapse
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- astrol.
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- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- stearo-
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- placers
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Alceste
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noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- areoles
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noun,
an areola.
- polecat
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- petrol.
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- prelate
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- toecaps
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- prelect
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- placets
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noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- acerose
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adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- coatee
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- please
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- alerce
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noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- staple
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Alecto
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noun,
one of the Furies.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Repeal
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- creels
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- creeps
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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.
- topees
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Creole
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- repeat
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- crepes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- oleate
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noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- coarse
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adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- coapts
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verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- places
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noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- rectos
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- placet
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noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- copals
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noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- recept
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- colter
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- copras
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noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copter
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noun,
helicopter.
- osteal
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adjective,
osseous.
- toecap
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- corals
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noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- oracle
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noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- costal
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adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- Coates
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noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- astro-
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- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- escape
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- lector
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- portal
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noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- aceto-
-
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- sapele
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noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- lepers
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noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- scrota
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noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- lepto-
-
- scaler
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- scato-
-
- postal
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noun,
Informal. postal card.
- lacto-
-
- tropes
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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.
- scler-
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- sapote
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noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- sclera
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- sarco-
-
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- sapro-
-
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- epacts
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noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Solera
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noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- eclats
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- Ecorse
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Aerope
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noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- ecoles
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noun,
school1 .
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- sacro-
-
- elects
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noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- locate
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- serape
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- elopes
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verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- elect.
-
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- celto-
-
- ptero-
-
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- caplet
-
- cerat-
-
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- teleo-
-
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- petro-
-
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- tepals
-
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.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- tarso-
-
- paleo-
-
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- 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.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- post-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- petr-
-
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- rotas
-
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.
- pert.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sarc-
-
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Port.
-
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- proas
-
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.
- peta-
-
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- proc.
-
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- lect.
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- pros.
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rept.
-
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- pret.
-
- Pres.
-
- plast
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Parl.
-
- plat.
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- OPers
-
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- part.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pale-
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rcpt.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- oste-
-
- rect.
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- recpt
-
- orles
-
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:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- 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.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Prot.
-
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- 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.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resp.
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- ropes
-
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.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pleo-
-
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patr-
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- poet.
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- ster.
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carp-
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- coele
-
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coel-
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Srta.
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- step-
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clase
-
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- 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.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Capt.
-
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- tolas
-
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.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alto-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Apoc.
-
- Alcor
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- 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-
-
- treas
-
- acet-
-
- acpt.
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- acro-
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- aero-
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- caps.
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tears
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- astr.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tera-
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- 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.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- areo-
-
- telo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- asco-
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- ESPEC
-
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- 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 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sect.
-
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Scot.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- sero-
-
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- ecto-
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Sept.
-
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- ecol.
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- lact-
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- Corpl
-
- corp.
-
- cores
-
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- spor-
-
- scat-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copr-
-
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- prae-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spec.
-
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Sat.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- tel-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- scr.
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- top-
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- prec
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- pre-
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- ter.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- repl
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- pts.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- str.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- SPCA
-
- PSAT
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Sra.
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Rep.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Ste.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rel.
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- 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.
- psec
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- pro-
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Sol.
-
- prs.
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- cts.
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- ator
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- pot.
-
- ctr.
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- ates
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- eso-
-
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- cap.
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- art.
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- asc-
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- OAPC
-
- Cort
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- esp.
-
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- cet-
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Ceto
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clar
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clep
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- lea.
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- est.
-
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- etc.
-
- 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 .
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- OPer
-
- 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.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- ACLS
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- acr-
-
- pct.
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- 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.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- aer-
-
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- 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.
- 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.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- aet.
-
- Apr.
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- EEOC
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- apo-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- 1080
-
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- alt.
-
- Alco
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ect-
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Pal.
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- eco-
-
- crat
-
- CLR
-
- CPA
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CSR
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- spt
-
- CSO
-
- Sr.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CSA
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- CPL
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CPS
-
- SPR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- PRA
-
- Clo
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- aor
-
- APC
-
- tlr
-
- AEC
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- 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.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Apl
-
- APS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- 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.
- Tro
-
- TSP
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACP
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- ACS
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- cle
-
- TAL
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- cs.
-
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- STP
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- STL
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- cr.
-
- ARS
-
- ast
-
- ase
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- at.
-
- Co.
-
- ATC
-
- 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.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- cp.
-
- ERT
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
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- OCS
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ola
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- OPA
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- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
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- OSP
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAP
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- ot-
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- LSC
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- RPO
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- LOC
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- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOP
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noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- Lot
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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.
- LPS
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- OTC
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- LST
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- ROA
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- LTA
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- ltr
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Oc.
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- op.
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- OSA
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- OTA
-
- Rs.
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- PL1
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noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PCS
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- PSE
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- PSC
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- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PSA
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- pee
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noun,
the letter p.
- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pl.
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- PLA
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- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- PLC
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- PLO
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- PLR
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- POA
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- POC
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- PRC
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- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POR
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- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- RCP
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- ote
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- pt.
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- OTS
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- Pa.
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- REA
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- RCT
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- pc.
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- RCA
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- Pr.
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- Ps.
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- PTO
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- RCS
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- PAC
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noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- Re.
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- ROP
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- RSA
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- ESA
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- Sep
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noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- EPT
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERP
-
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- Esc
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- EPA
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- ese
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- ESL
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- ESR
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SCP
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- RSE
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- ETR
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- ETS
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- EPS
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- Ep.
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- Lt.
-
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eo-
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
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- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- ec-
-
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ECA
-
- SLE
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- EEC
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- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- SLA
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EOE
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- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- La.
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- ETO
-
- 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.
- LCT
-
- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- Les
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- SAE
-
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- So.
-
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- LEO
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- RTS
-
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- LCA
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- rte
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- LAC
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noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- rt.
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- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sc.
-
- RP
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- AO
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- S.
-
- 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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TP
-
- ee
-
- LR
-
- CE
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L2
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- ol
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TL
-
- 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.
- le
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- OA
-
- T1
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- L1
-
- RO
-
- TC
-
- t.
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .