Anagrams of polyphonies
Word polyphonies has
666 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of polyphonies.
- polyphone
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noun,
a polyphonic letter or symbol.
- open-shop
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noun,
a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
- physio-
-
- phenyls
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adjective,
containing the phenyl group.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- shoo-in
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noun,
a candidate, competitor, etc., regarded as certain to win.
- hopples
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verb (used with object),
to hobble; tether.
- shippon
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noun,
a cow barn or cattle shed.
- pepinos
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noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- isoneph
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same amount of cloudiness.
- poleyns
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noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- phenols
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noun,
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- plenish
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verb (used with object),
to fill up; stock; furnish.
- nipples
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noun,
a protuberance of the mamma or breast where, in the female, the milk ducts discharge; teat.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- lippens
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verb (used with object),
to trust (a person).
- pinhole
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noun,
a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- looneys
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noun,
a lunatic.
- philos.
-
- phonol.
-
- phonies
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noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- phoneys
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noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- physiol
-
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- poplins
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noun,
a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.
- spooney
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adjective,
spoony.
- spleno-
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- spheno-
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- polyps
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noun,
Zoology.
a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles, especially as applied to coelenterates.
an individual zooid of a compound or colonial organism.
- honeys
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noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- Pilsen
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noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pilose
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adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- holpen
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verb,
a past participle of help.
- holies
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noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- Pelops
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.
- Pelion
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noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- shoppe
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noun,
shop (used chiefly for quaint effect).
- pylons
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noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- phenyl
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adjective,
containing the phenyl group.
- looies
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- hoyles
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noun,
Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- synop.
-
- Epiph.
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- siphon
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noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- peplos
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noun,
a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
- hooeys
-
noun,
silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk:
- polios
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noun,
poliomyelitis.
- pensil
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noun,
pencel.
- nipple
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noun,
a protuberance of the mamma or breast where, in the female, the milk ducts discharge; teat.
- posole
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noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- pleio-
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- pepino
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noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- linsey
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noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Pinole
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Hosein
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noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- lippen
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verb (used with object),
to trust (a person).
- hippos
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noun,
hippopotamus.
- hopple
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verb (used with object),
to hobble; tether.
- spinel
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- Hoples
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noun,
a son of Ion.
- poplin
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noun,
a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.
- Popish
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church.
- splen-
-
- pheno-
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- lysine
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noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- hypso-
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- looney
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noun,
a lunatic.
- hippo-
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- phones
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noun,
telephone (def 1).
- phooey
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interjection,
(an exclamation indicating rejection, contempt, or disgust):
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Helios
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of the sun, represented as driving a chariot across the heavens; identified by the Romans with Sol.
- helio-
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- phono-
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- sloppy
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adjective,
muddy, slushy, or very wet:
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- isohel
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noun,
a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- snoopy
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adjective,
characterized by meddlesome curiosity; prying.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- phoney
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noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- polies
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noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- pepsin
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noun,
an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
- solion
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- Polish
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noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- physo-
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- spoony
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adjective,
foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- slippy
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adjective,
Informal. slippery.
- phonos
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noun,
phonograph.
- phylon
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noun,
a group that has a genetic relationship or common origin, as a race.
- oppose
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verb (used with object),
to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- poison
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- Hypnos
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypno-
-
- Phelps
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noun,
William Lyon [lahy-uh n] /ˈlaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), 1865–1943, U.S. educator and literary critic.
- phylo-
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- syphon
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noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- loosen
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- philo-
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- phenol
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noun,
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Sophie
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noun,
a female given name.
- poleyn
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noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Noyes
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noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- poesy
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noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- poise
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- plio-
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- spiel
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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.
- spile
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noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- pleo-
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- lepsy
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- soppy
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adjective,
soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.
- leppy
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noun,
an unbranded or motherless calf; maverick.
- poles
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noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- plops
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noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- sophy
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noun,
any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
- pleon
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noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- poly-
-
- Pliny
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noun,
("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Solon
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noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- pheon
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noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- Lopes
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noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- loony
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noun,
a lunatic.
- loons
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noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- loopy
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adjective,
full of loops.
- LOOPS
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noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- phyle
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a tribe or clan, based on supposed kinship.
- loose
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Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- pyins
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noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- loppy
-
adjective,
hanging limply; lopping:
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- phons
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noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- spool
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noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- phony
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- phon.
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- Nepos
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noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- piles
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noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pilon
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noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- pipes
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noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- Lippe
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noun,
a former state in NW Germany: now part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- liney
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adjective,
liny.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- nippy
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adjective,
chilly or cold:
- Phil.
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- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- lipo-
-
- lippy
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adjective,
having large or prominent lips.
- pylon
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noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- phyl-
-
- spiny
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adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- Pines
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noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- lyso-
-
- piney
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adjective,
piny.
- phile
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- Pylos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- insep
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- polyp
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noun,
Zoology.
a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles, especially as applied to coelenterates.
an individual zooid of a compound or colonial organism.
- sylph
-
noun,
a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- hippy
-
noun,
hippie.
- hyson
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- 30-30
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- Hoyle
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noun,
Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- Sino-
-
- hoise
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verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- holes
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noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- holo-
-
- ohone
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interjection,
alas!
- hypos
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noun,
a hypodermic syringe or injection.
- Honey
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noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- hooey
-
noun,
silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk:
- hooly
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adverb,
cautiously; gently.
- penis
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- hoops
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noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- shoon
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noun,
plural of shoe.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- hopes
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noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- hipp-
-
- Hypo-
-
- Hoppe
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noun,
Willie (William Frederick) 1887–1959, U.S. billiards player.
- heli-
-
- Epis.
-
- olpes
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noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- olios
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noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- oleos
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noun,
margarine.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- snoop
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noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snipe
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noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- oleo-
-
- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- hypes
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noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- helps
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noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- sloop
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noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- slype
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noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- hylo-
-
- slipe
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noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- hiney
-
noun,
heinie2 .
- Hines
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noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- Siple
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sooey
-
interjection,
(a shout used in calling pigs.)
- Hopis
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noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- soony
-
adjective,
sentimental; emotional.
- insol
-
- shone
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noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- popes
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- ileo-
-
- Pepys
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noun,
Samuel, 1633–1703, English diarist and naval official.
- poops
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- poons
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noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pepos
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noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- insp.
-
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- poohs
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- yo-ho
-
interjection,
(used as a call or shout to attract attention, accompany effort, etc.)
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- popsy
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- phys.
-
- Sophi
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noun,
Sophy.
- shiny
-
adjective,
bright or glossy in appearance.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- Peony
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- Sheol
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- hosp.
-
- hosel
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- shlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pepin
-
noun,
("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
- noso-
-
- Posen
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noun,
German name of Poznań.
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pen.
-
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- opsy
-
- opp.
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- 1080
-
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- syn-
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- shoo
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- sepn
-
- PPLO
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- soln
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SOHO
-
noun,
a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pyo-
-
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- pipy
-
adjective,
pipelike; tubular.
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- ploy
-
noun,
a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- plop
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- pos.
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- pop-
-
- Poop
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- oohs
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pol.
-
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- spp.
-
- ins.
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Hos.
-
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- holy
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- Neh.
-
- hol-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Neph
-
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Yolo
-
interjection,
You only live once! (used especially to rationalize impulsive or reckless behavior):
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- ile-
-
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lys-
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- lip-
-
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- hyp.
-
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- esp.
-
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ohio
-
noun,
a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus.
Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
- epi-
-
- Eph.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NYSE
-
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- enl.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- PPI
-
- PSE
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- ppl
-
- So.
-
- PPS
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- pph
-
- ILO
-
- INH
-
- eo-
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- EIS
-
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- PPE
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- il-
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- IHS
-
- IHP
-
- en-
-
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Sp.
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- shp
-
- Syl
-
- SLP
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- ESL
-
- se-
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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.
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Yeo
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- SLE
-
- EPS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Ep.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- io-
-
- sho
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oyo
-
noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- PHS
-
- py-
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- LPN
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LSI
-
- LON
-
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- NOP
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OSP
-
- OSO
-
- ose
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIH
-
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NHS
-
- NHL
-
- NHI
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- pp.
-
- Ps.
-
- NES
-
- PhL
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- ne-
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- PIO
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Isl
-
- ons
-
- OEO
-
- oon
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- op.
-
- oo-
-
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- ish
-
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IPS
-
- IPO
-
- iph
-
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- Les
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- lep
-
- pli
-
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- PLO
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- NYP
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- ol
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ey
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- eh
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interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- O.
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- NP
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- h.
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- L2
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- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- sh
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interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- ly
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- SL
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- S.
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- le
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- L1
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- Y.
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LH
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- yl
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- IP
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- ln
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- i.
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- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- Hy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- HP
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- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- SN
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- PH
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
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- NH
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- HL
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- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- NY
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- NI
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- N.
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- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L.
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