Anagrams of pilasters
Word pilasters has
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that can be made by using the letters of pilasters.
- plaisters
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- plasters
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- staplers
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- Serpasil
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- piasters
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- persalts
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- psalters
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pastries
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noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- traipses
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- stipels
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- spireas
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spitals
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noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- priests
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- aspires
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- stripes
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- espials
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noun,
the act of spying.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- spirals
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- slaters
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- pasters
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- 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.
- palsies
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noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- artless
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adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- Serapis
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noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- Staples
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- lipases
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Salters
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- pasties
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noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- patsies
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noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- pastels
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- parses
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Elissa
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noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- stipes
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noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- stirps
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noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- slates
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- streps
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noun,
streptococcus.
- Pietas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- steals
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- 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.
- spiral
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spares
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noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spiles
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noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- patri-
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- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- sparse
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adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- Sparti
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- 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.
- 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.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- Spears
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noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- pastes
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noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- spirea
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spirts
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noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- partis
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noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- slipes
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noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- staple
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- espial
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noun,
the act of spying.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- stapes
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noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stales
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Persia
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noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- Passer
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noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- sprits
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noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprats
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noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- lapses
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- splats
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noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spites
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noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- passel
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noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- spital
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noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Pilate
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noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- septi-
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- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- teslas
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noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- aplite
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- sepias
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noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- lipase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- sepals
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- pairle
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noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- saleps
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- tepals
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noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Sisera
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noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- raises
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- rassle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- triple
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tripes
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noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- siesta
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- repass
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verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- aisles
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noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- pastis
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noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- prases
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Aspers
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noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aspire
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- assert
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- tapirs
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noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- pistes
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- pirate
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noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Tassie
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noun,
tass.
- tassel
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noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- plisse
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noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Arliss
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noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- arises
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verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- leasts
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- sitars
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- parle
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- sepia
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noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- sepal
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Paris
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noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- pale-
-
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- pari-
-
- Pales
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noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- seral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- pass.
-
- parts
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noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Passe
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noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- seats
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noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- palis
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noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Sears
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noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- serai
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Sept.
-
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- septs
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noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- septa
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noun,
plural of septum.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- petr-
-
- seals
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noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Press
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noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prae-
-
- rises
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- plat.
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rept.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plast
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
-
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- pert.
-
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- patr-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- petri
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- peta-
-
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- astr.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asst.
-
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- step-
-
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- Srta.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ster.
-
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- 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.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- treas
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- aeri-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- alti-
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tears
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tera-
-
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- IATSE
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- spies
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- seti-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- 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.
- Ital.
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tri-
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- Rep.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- repl
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rit.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- str.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sers
-
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).
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Ste.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sra.
-
- SASE
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- ter.
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- tel-
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rpt.
-
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 1080
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- art.
-
- Pal.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asis
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- epit
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- epi-
-
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- isls
-
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- ELAS
-
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- lea.
-
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lit.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ates
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lip-
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- per.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- esp.
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Pet.
-
- est.
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- psia
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ire.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ile-
-
- aer-
-
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- aet.
-
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- PLSS
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- pil-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Apr.
-
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ESIS
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Alis
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ETR
-
- EPS
-
- ss.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- STI
-
- SRS
-
- STP
-
- ESR
-
- EIS
-
- EPT
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- STL
-
- SSA
-
- SSE
-
- ERT
-
- SSR
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SST
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- St.
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- ERP
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Sta
-
- SSI
-
- ASI
-
- eir
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tlr
-
- TPI
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TIA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- al.
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- 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.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Apl
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- at.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TAL
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ATP
-
- ast
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Sr.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- APS
-
- ETS
-
- La.
-
- spt
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- 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:
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- SAE
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- SPS
-
- LSS
-
- LSI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Sp.
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- REA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- 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.
- PSS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- RTS
-
- PSE
-
- PSA
-
- PRA
-
- PLR
-
- pli
-
- PLA
-
- 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.
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LST
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- IRL
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lt.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Ir.
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPA
-
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SPR
-
- il-
-
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- TSS
-
- SLR
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Les
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SLA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SLE
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SLP
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- R.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IP
-
- i.
-
- EI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LR
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RI
-
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L.
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SA
-
- S.
-
- le
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TL
-
- TP
-
- RP
-
- t.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- T1
-
- SL
-