Anagrams of petroleums
Word petroleums has
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- petroleum
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noun,
an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.
- eelpouts
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- outsleep
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verb (used with object),
to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- resolute
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adjective,
firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
- permutes
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verb (used with object),
to alter; change.
- toupees
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noun,
a man's wig.
- melters
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- permute
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verb (used with object),
to alter; change.
- merlots
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Meropes
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noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- relumes
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verb (used with object),
to light or illuminate again; relumine.
- pelorus
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noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- Melrose
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noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- pelmets
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noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- trompes
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- metopes
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noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- rumples
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noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- presume
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verb (used with object),
to take for granted, assume, or suppose:
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- stumper
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noun,
a person or thing that stumps.
- lumpers
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noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- tempers
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- pleuro-
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- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- petrol.
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- supremo
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noun,
the person in charge; chief.
- supreme
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noun,
suprême (def 3).
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pterous
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- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- leprous
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adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- leprose
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adjective,
leprous.
- superl.
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- lemures
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plural noun,
the ghosts of the dead of a family, considered as troublesome unless exorcised or propitiated; larvae.
- 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.
- Sumpter
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noun,
a packhorse or mule.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- plumose
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adjective,
having feathers or plumes; feathered.
- spermo-
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- stereo-
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- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- Soleure
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noun,
French name of Solothurn.
- eelpout
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- sporule
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noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- omelets
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- tupelos
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noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- pumelos
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noun,
pomelo.
- repulse
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noun,
the act of repelling.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- reputes
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- spurtle
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noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- super-
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- luteo-
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- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- remote
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- lutose
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adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Sumter
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noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- sprout
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noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- Petrel
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- rustle
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- omelet
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- plumes
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noun,
a feather.
- loupes
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noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- souple
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noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- pleur-
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- mustee
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noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- solute
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noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- oleums
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noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- petro-
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- sperm-
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- lumper
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noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- mouser
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noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- Meerut
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noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- stupor
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noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- pelmet
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noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- septum
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noun,
a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- meteor
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noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- sempre
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adverb,
throughout.
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- meters
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Peleus
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noun,
a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- pelter
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Metope
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noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- metro-
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- metros
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noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- molest
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verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- rupees
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noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- teleo-
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- morels
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noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- moults
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noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- pestle
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- stumer
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noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- routes
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- peruse
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verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- melter
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- set-up
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noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- merous
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- merles
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noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merlot
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- morsel
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noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- Merope
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noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- Merops
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- rumple
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noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- muster
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noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- pumelo
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noun,
pomelo.
- lepers
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noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- emotes
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verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tousle
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- elopes
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verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- poults
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noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- lemurs
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noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- Ulster
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- pouter
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- tumors
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noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- elutes
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verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- resume
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noun,
résumé.
- ptero-
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- topees
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- toupee
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noun,
a man's wig.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- emptor
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noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- Europe
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noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- purees
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noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- Tupelo
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noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- result
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- lepto-
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- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- trumps
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noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- repute
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- relume
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verb (used with object),
to light or illuminate again; relumine.
- utero-
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- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- troupe
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- temper
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- tromps
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verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- Temple
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noun,
an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- poseur
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noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- trompe
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- uprose
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noun,
an act of rising up.
- Proust
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noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- upmost
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adjective,
uppermost.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Tereus
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noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- retuse
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adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- letups
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noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- tempos
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noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- erupts
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verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- proems
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noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- rept.
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- pules
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verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- sero-
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- Sept.
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- ousel
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noun,
ouzel.
- pulse
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- Outer
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adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outre
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adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Seler
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noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Seoul
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noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- oste-
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- slurp
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noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- serum
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noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- olpes
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noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Soter
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- mutes
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noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Sorel
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- solum
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noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- reels
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Oesel
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noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- soler
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noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Remus
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noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- repel
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- oleum
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noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- repos
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Purse
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noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- smote
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verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- omers
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noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- smolt
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noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- purls
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noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- OPers
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- Slump
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noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- slept
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- orles
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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:
- sleet
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Sleep
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- puree
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noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- setup
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noun,
organization; arrangement.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- rupee
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noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- pores
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Peter
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noun,
penis.
- pouts
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noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- retem
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- petos
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- potus
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noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- post-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- ports
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noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Port.
-
- roues
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noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- pleo-
-
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- rotls
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Plume
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noun,
a feather.
- pomes
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noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- poles
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noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- plur.
-
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- ropes
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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.
- poet.
-
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- 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.
- peels
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noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- prom.
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- rumps
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- peles
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noun,
peel3 .
- resp.
-
- Prus.
-
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- pros.
-
- proms
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noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Prole
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- pret.
-
- routs
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noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Pres.
-
- prem.
-
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- stump
-
noun,
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- 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.
- lumps
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Supt.
-
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- meso-
-
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- metr-
-
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- temp.
-
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- telo-
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- tele-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Metol
-
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- elem.
-
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Mosul
-
noun,
a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- 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.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- MPers
-
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- 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.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- 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.
- spor-
-
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- 30-30
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- step-
-
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- 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).
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- stome
-
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- ster.
-
- trump
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- 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.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- tumps
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- emuls
-
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- trop-
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- uret
-
- Rep.
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- USPO
-
- uro-
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Tues
-
- repl
-
- ulto
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- top-
-
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- Ste.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Sem.
-
- 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.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Rus.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Sol.
-
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- SMTP
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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:
- 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.
- tel-
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Rom.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- str.
-
- rpt.
-
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- supr
-
- sur-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- 1080
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mout
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- eous
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- MOpt
-
- per.
-
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- rel.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- eso-
-
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- OPer
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- mult
-
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- mus.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- MSEE
-
- esp.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- est.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- MSPE
-
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- PERL
-
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- pre-
-
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- prs.
-
- pro-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pts.
-
- pot.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- purs
-
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- mes-
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- EMet
-
- mol.
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Emp.
-
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Pers
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Pol.
-
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- lpm
-
- ltr
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Les
-
- LMT
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LSM
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- LST
-
- TPM
-
- tlo
-
- up-
-
- EOE
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- ult
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- UMT
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- EEO
-
- ur-
-
- ure
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- EOM
-
- USM
-
- USO
-
- USP
-
- eo-
-
- USR
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Ep.
-
- tlr
-
- Mo.
-
- TMO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- lep
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Lt.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESU
-
- ESR
-
- Tpr
-
- tue
-
- EPT
-
- Tu.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- TSE
-
- EPS
-
- trp
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- tr.
-
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ese
-
- Tro
-
- ESL
-
- Me.
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- pm.
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- se-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- rte
-
- 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.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- SLE
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- OPM
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RPS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Re.
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSE
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- POR
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- RSE
-
- ROP
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PMT
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- 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.
- pl.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- RPM
-
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ose
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- STL
-
- MST
-
- MSE
-
- MRP
-
- MRE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPE
-
- spt
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Sr.
-
- St.
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- STM
-
- MTO
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- ml.
-
- STP
-
- MEP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- MSL
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Mt.
-
- SPR
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- Om.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- op.
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- MTS
-
- MUP
-
- MTP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- ol
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PU
-
- S.
-
- R.
-
- SU
-
- LM
-
- L2
-
- M.
-
- L1
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- L.
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- MP
-
- RO
-
- U.
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- TL
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- TM
-
- RP
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- TP
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RU
-
- UL
-
- O.
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SL
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- t.
-
- LR
-
- SM
-