Anagrams of percolators
Word percolators has
1369 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of percolators.
- percolator
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noun,
a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
- part-score
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noun,
a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game:
- pectorals
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- corporate
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noun,
a bond issued by a corporation.
- corporeal
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adjective,
of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- acrospore
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noun,
a spore borne at the tip of a sporophore, as a basidiospore.
- prosector
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noun,
a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- spectro-
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- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- 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).
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- precools
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verb (used with object),
to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- restoral
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noun,
restoration.
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- parclose
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noun,
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- sororate
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noun,
subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- protero-
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- carpools
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noun,
Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- carports
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- realtors
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- Corporal
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noun,
Military.
a noncommissioned officer ranking above a private first class in the U.S. Army or lance corporal in the Marines and below a sergeant.
a similar rank in the armed services of other countries.
- relators
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- proctors
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noun,
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- 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.
- operator
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noun,
a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like:
- troopers
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- 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.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- raptors
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noun,
a raptorial bird.
- creosol
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noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpool
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noun,
Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- trooper
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- carport
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- carrels
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noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- trocars
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noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- caplets
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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.
- Osceola
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noun,
1804–38, U.S. Indian leader: chief of the Seminole tribe.
- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- tracers
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noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- precool
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verb (used with object),
to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- Atropos
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noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- preoral
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adjective,
situated in front of or before the mouth.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- prorate
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- procto-
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- Proctor
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noun,
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- 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.
- 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).
- sororal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters; sisterly.
- reactor
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- coopers
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- 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.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- scarper
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verb (used without object),
to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
- rootcap
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noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- roseola
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- rostral
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adjective,
of or relating to a rostrum.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- carters
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- Realtor
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- ocelots
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noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- corresp
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- correl.
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- corrals
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noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- scraper
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noun,
a person or thing that scrapes.
- sclero-
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- corpora
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noun,
a plural of corpus.
- relator
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- scorper
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noun,
scauper.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- cerato-
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- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- astrol.
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- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- Lacoste
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noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- petrol.
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- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- 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.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- 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).
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- locator
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noun,
a person who locates something.
- toecaps
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- loopers
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- torpors
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noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- parrots
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- parrels
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noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- 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.
- Aerosol
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- peroral
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adjective,
administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- stearo-
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- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- 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.
- porrect
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adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- patrol
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noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- looper
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- copals
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noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- repros
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noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- Rector
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noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- copras
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noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copro-
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- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- corers
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noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- rectos
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- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- copter
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noun,
helicopter.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- locate
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- report
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- corals
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noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Ortler
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noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- Cooter
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noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- epacts
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noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- parols
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noun,
something stated or declared.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- coapts
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verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coarse
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adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- rostra
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noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- eroto-
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- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Coates
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noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- parlor
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noun,
Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- Roscoe
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noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- rosace
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noun,
rosette (def 3).
- parole
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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.
- rooter
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- colors
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noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- osteo-
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- parrel
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noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- 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.
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- retro-
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- cooler
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noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- retral
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adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- parrot
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- retool
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- Cooper
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- parsec
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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.
- coopts
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verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- lepto-
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- orator
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noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- 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.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- rasper
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noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- placer
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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.
- Crater
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- pretor
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noun,
praetor.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- places
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noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- 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).
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- cresol
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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.
- raptor
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noun,
a raptorial bird.
- crores
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noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- racers
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- ptero-
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- raster
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noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- lacto-
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- proto-
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- ocelot
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noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- proser
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noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- pacers
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noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- coaler
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- orlops
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noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- 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.
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- paleo-
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- eclats
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- lector
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- corral
-
noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- Parcel
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- portal
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noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- pelota
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noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- 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.
- osteal
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adjective,
osseous.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- posole
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noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- costal
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adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- costo-
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- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- petro-
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- raters
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- postal
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noun,
Informal. postal card.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Carrel
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- 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.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cartop
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adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- torero
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- sporo-
-
- 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.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- astro-
-
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- scoto-
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- celto-
-
- torpor
-
noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caplet
-
- 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.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- tarso-
-
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpo-
-
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- torsel
-
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.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- sapro-
-
- sacro-
-
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- saloop
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- treasr
-
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- tropes
-
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.
- aceto-
-
- Cloots
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- cerat-
-
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- sapote
-
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.
- sarco-
-
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- scler-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- scato-
-
- staple
-
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.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- tropo-
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- 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.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- telo-
-
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- 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.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- 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).
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- 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.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- plast
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- petr-
-
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- 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.
- peta-
-
- plat.
-
- 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.
- pert.
-
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- treas
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- 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.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- pale-
-
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- oste-
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Parl.
-
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- 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:
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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).
- opto-
-
- OPers
-
- 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.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- 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.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- patr-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- tera-
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- 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.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- part.
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- pleo-
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- topo-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- 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.”.
- rears
-
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scot.
-
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- 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.
- sect.
-
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Sept.
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rcpt.
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- sero-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- 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.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- 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).
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- 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.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sarc-
-
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- 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.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- 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.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- 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.
- 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.
- restr
-
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- resp.
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- rept.
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- 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.
- poet.
-
- Srta.
-
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spor-
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- 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.
- prae-
-
- 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.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- post-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Port.
-
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- step-
-
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- ster.
-
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- 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.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- proc.
-
- 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.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- 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.
- pret.
-
- spec.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- 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.
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- 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.
- oleo-
-
- cero-
-
- 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.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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:
- lact-
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- 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.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- 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.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- 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.
- caps.
-
- Capt.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carp-
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- astr.
-
- corp.
-
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Corpl
-
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- 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.
- corr.
-
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- 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.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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-
-
- coop.
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- ecto-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- ecol.
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Colo.
-
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Apoc.
-
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- alto-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- aero-
-
- 30-30
-
- acet-
-
- acpt.
-
- acro-
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- octo-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Alcor
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- asco-
-
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- 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.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Sra.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- 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.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Alco
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- cap.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- aet.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- ator
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- 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.
- acr-
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ACLS
-
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ates
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Cal.
-
- ole-
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- repr
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rel.
-
- SPCA
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repl
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Rep.
-
- aer-
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- str.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- sec.
-
- cat.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- scr.
-
- Cels
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- asc-
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- 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.
- art.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- arr.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Sol.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sat.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- 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.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clep
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- 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.
- alt.
-
- 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.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- ter.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- cet-
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Apr.
-
- 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.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ceto
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- apo-
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- clar
-
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lea.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Pers
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- pot.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- OAPC
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- ELAS
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- 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:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- PERL
-
- oro-
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- per.
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Pet.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- eco-
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- par.
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Pal.
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- 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.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- esp.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lat.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- est.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- oto-
-
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- ect-
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- psec
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pat.
-
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- PSAT
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- crat
-
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- 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.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Cres
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- 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.
- OPer
-
- 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.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oct.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- pro-
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- 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.
- cts.
-
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- prs.
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- pct.
-
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- ctr.
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Co.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Oc.
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- St.
-
- ca.
-
- ltr
-
- ARS
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ATP
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- ase
-
- Sta
-
- STL
-
- ASR
-
- LSC
-
- at.
-
- Sr.
-
- ATC
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- SPR
-
- spt
-
- ast
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- STP
-
- OAO
-
- 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.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- OEO
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ALC
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ACS
-
- tlr
-
- Ola
-
- TSP
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Tpr
-
- Tro
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ACP
-
- OOT
-
- OPA
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlo
-
- op.
-
- Pr.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- APS
-
- Ps.
-
- Apl
-
- TAL
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- OTC
-
- OSA
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- TLC
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- ose
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OSO
-
- cr.
-
- OSP
-
- aor
-
- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
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- TCA
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- APC
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- OAP
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- APE
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noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- cp.
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- SLP
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- cs.
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- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- EPT
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- EPS
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- EPA
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- Ep.
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- PRC
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ERP
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- ROP
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- ECA
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- ec-
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- PRA
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- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ROA
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- So.
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
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- ESA
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- ERT
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- ct.
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- SRO
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- Sp.
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- RTS
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- CLR
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- RPO
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- COO
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noun,
a cooing sound.
- 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.
- ESL
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CRS
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- CRP
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- REA
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- Re.
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- RCT
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- CPA
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- RCA
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- CPL
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- CPO
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- CPR
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- CPS
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- RPS
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- RCS
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- ea.
-
- CST
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- eo-
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- cte
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- COP
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noun,
a police officer.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CTA
-
- CSR
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- RCP
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- PSA
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- CSO
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- PSC
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- PSE
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- CSA
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- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- CRT
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- Esc
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- POR
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- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SLA
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- LCT
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- LCA
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- 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).
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- 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.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- pl.
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- SLE
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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.
- PLA
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAP
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noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- CEA
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- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- 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.
- SCP
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- SOP
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- cl.
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- loo
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noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- LOC
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SLR
-
- PCS
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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.
- Les
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
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- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- LEO
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LAO
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noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- 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.
- PLC
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- Clo
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- ESR
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- SAR
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- cle
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- sc.
-
- ETO
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- ETR
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- ETS
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- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
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- PLR
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- PLO
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- La.
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- POC
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- Lt.
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- CEO
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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).
- cep
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noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- LR
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- L1
-
- L2
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- 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.
- AO
-
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TC
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SA
-
- 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.
- O.
-
- CE
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- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OA
-
- SL
-
- t.
-
- S.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LC
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ol
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- L.
-
- RP
-
- le
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TL
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- T1
-
- RO
-