Anagrams of pestilences
Word pestilences has
653 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of pestilences.
- pestilence
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noun,
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- enlistees
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noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- splenetic
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noun,
a splenetic person.
- licensees
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noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- selenites
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- silences
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- eclipses
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- enlistee
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noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- epeeists
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noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- epicenes
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noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- selenite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- inspects
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- licenses
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licensee
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noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- steepens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- celestes
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- epicene
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noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- splices
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noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- Sienese
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noun,
an inhabitant of Siena.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- pensils
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noun,
pencel.
- insteps
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- enisles
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- telesis
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noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- nestles
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- esplees
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noun,
the yield from land, as produce or rents.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- spinels
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- stipels
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- selects
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- eclipse
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- penises
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- spinets
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- splenic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen:
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- essence
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noun,
the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features:
- spences
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noun,
a pantry.
- pectens
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noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- Pensees
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noun,
a collection of notes, essays, etc., dealing with religious and philosophical matters by Blaise Pascal, published posthumously in 1670.
- species
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noun,
a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- seniles
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noun,
a senile person.
- steelie
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noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- pencils
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noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- pencels
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noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- epeeist
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noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- tinsels
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- steepen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pestles
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- pelisse
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noun,
an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
- cesspit
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noun,
a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.
- steeple
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noun,
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Celeste
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- 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.
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- spleens
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noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- splints
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- ensiles
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- espies
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noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- Selene
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noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- Pisces
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noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- selen-
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- pensil
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noun,
pencel.
- escent
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- Essene
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noun,
a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d.
- splice
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noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- splen-
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- pencil
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noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- spices
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noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- lectin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Steele
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noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- steels
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noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steeps
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noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steles
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noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- specie
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noun,
coined money; coin.
- lessee
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noun,
a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.
- sclent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- pestle
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- lessen
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verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- snipes
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noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- splint
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- sleets
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sleeps
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- plisse
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noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- speels
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verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- stipes
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noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- spelts
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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.
- Spence
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noun,
a pantry.
- pistes
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- incept
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- Celine
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noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Neisse
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noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- spiles
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noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- septi-
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- septic
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- ecesis
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noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- tepees
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noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- spines
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Tessie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- tenses
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noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- spiels
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noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- client
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noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- pecten
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noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- clepes
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verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- pectin
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- pieces
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noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- pelite
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- centi-
-
- pencel
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noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- censes
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Eileen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- slices
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Pilsen
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noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- slipes
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noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- spleen
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noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- pintle
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- pensee
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noun,
a reflection or thought.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Nessie
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noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- spites
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noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Elsene
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noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- scents
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- elect.
-
- elects
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noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- Niepce
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noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- spine
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- snits
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Peene
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noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- spent
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- peens
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noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- scelp
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noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- spice
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noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Pelee
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noun,
Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- peles
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noun,
peel3 .
- spec.
-
- spits
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noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Steel
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noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Pence
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noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- pene-
-
- neeps
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noun,
a turnip.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Peele
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noun,
George, 1558?–97? English dramatist.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- licet
-
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- spies
-
- nests
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noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- piles
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noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- 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.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- insep
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- seti-
-
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- Sept.
-
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- lect.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- encl.
-
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- Epis.
-
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Epist
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- 30-30
-
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Episc
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- sect.
-
- incl.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- tele-
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Icel.
-
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- step-
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- ESPEC
-
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- SLIC
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- pts.
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- scil
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sci.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- pil-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seps
-
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.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- psec
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sepn
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- PLSS
-
- 1080
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- esp.
-
- ence
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Pet.
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inc.
-
- enc.
-
- ten.
-
- int.
-
- cit.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cels
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- clep
-
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cts.
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ect-
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ins.
-
- IEEE
-
- intl
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- NCTE
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- pct.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- lit.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- ISSN
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Ste.
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lin.
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lip-
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SSE
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- TLC
-
- SSI
-
- STL
-
- STP
-
- STI
-
- SSC
-
- SSN
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- SLP
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- St.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SST
-
- ss.
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- SLE
-
- ITC
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- il-
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- IPS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ist
-
- ite
-
- ese
-
- Lt.
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lep
-
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- LSI
-
- CPS
-
- cp.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CIE
-
- CIP
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- CNS
-
- CPI
-
- CPL
-
- CST
-
- EPT
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ec-
-
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- Ep.
-
- EPS
-
- LSC
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LSS
-
- PSS
-
- PCS
-
- LST
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLC
-
- pli
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- pt.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sp.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- SCS
-
- SCP
-
- sc.
-
- PCI
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Ps.
-
- NSC
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Npt
-
- TSS
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- P.
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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.
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noun,
ti1 .
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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