Anagrams of porterhouses
Word porterhouses has
909 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of porterhouses.
- pro-oestrus
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noun,
proestrus.
- porterhouse
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noun,
Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- post-house
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noun,
a house or inn keeping post horses.
- truss-hoop
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noun,
a hoop placed around the staves of a barrel to secure them in place.
- post-horse
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noun,
a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
- storehouse
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noun,
a building in which things are stored.
- postrorse
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adjective,
directed backward.
- retrousse
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adjective,
(especially of the nose) turned up.
- proteoses
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noun,
any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
- porteress
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noun,
portress.
- hoopsters
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noun,
a basketball player.
- protheses
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noun,
the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- superhero
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noun,
a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.
- pesthouse
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noun,
a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- proestrus
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noun,
the period immediately preceding estrus.
- hot-press
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noun,
a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.
- oosphere
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noun,
an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.
- rousters
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- heptoses
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noun,
any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
- prestore
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verb (used with object),
Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
- trousers
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noun,
Sometimes, trouser. Also called pants. a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down.
Compare Bermuda shorts, breeches, knickers (def 1), short (def 29a), slacks.
- troopers
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- sporters
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- presorts
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- oestrous
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adjective,
estrous.
- southers
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noun,
a wind or storm from the south.
- tressure
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noun,
Heraldry. a narrower diminutive of the orle, usually ornamented with fleurs-de-lis at the edges and often doubled.
- pressure
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noun,
the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it:
- hotspurs
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noun,
an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
- horopter
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noun,
a projection of the points in the visual field corresponding to the aggregate of points registering on the two retinas.
- hoopster
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noun,
a basketball player.
- re-press
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verb (used with or without object),
to press again or anew.
- roosters
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- repousse
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noun,
the art or process of producing repoussé designs.
- superhet
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adjective, noun,
superheterodyne.
- Hesperus
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noun,
an evening star, especially Venus.
- protero-
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- shooters
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noun,
a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.:
- restores
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- strophes
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noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- portress
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noun,
a woman who has charge of a door or gate; a female doorkeeper.
- proteose
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noun,
any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
- urethro-
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- troupers
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- toeshoes
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noun,
a dance slipper fitted with a thick, reinforced toe to enable the ballet dancer to toe-dance.
- rehouses
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verb (used with object),
to house again.
- housetop
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noun,
the top or roof of a house.
- sprouts
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noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- Reuther
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noun,
Walter Philip, 1907–70, U.S. labor leader: president of the UAW 1946–70; president of the CIO 1952–55.
- sporous
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- Hotspur
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noun,
an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
- pursers
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noun,
an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- torpors
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noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- pushers
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noun,
a person or thing that pushes.
- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- rehouse
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verb (used with object),
to house again.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- hooters
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noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- hoopers
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noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- repress
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verb (used with object),
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- toeshoe
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noun,
a dance slipper fitted with a thick, reinforced toe to enable the ballet dancer to toe-dance.
- pterous
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- pothers
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noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Perseus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a hero, the son of Zeus and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and afterward saved Andromeda from a sea monster.
- stupors
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noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- pesters
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- ousters
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- phorous
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- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- poetess
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noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- poseurs
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noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- stereo-
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- posters
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Orthros
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noun,
Greek Orthodox Church. the morning office, corresponding to matins.
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- Orpheus
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noun,
Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Prosser
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noun,
Gabriel, 1775?–1800, U.S. leader of unsuccessful slave revolt.
- prosers
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noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- oestrus
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noun,
estrus.
- hetero-
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- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- preter-
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- pressor
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adjective,
causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- presser
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noun,
a person or thing that presses or applies pressure.
- operose
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adjective,
industrious, as a person.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- presets
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Theseus
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noun,
an Attic hero, the husband of Phaedra, father of Hippolytus, and slayer of the Minotaur and the robber Procrustes.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- heteros
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noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- hoptree
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noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- reputes
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- trouser
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noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- souters
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- soursop
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noun,
the large, dark-green, slightly acid, pulpy fruit of a small West Indian tree, Annona muricata, of the annona family.
- euphroe
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noun,
a suspended batten or plate of wood or brass pierced with holes through which the cords of a crowfoot are rove to suspend an awning.
- tropho-
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- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- tropous
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- trouper
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- estrous
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- rosters
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rouster
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- rhetors
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noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- espouse
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verb (used with object),
to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.
- routers
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- soothes
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verb (used with object),
to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh:
- uproots
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verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- rushees
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noun,
a college student who is rushed by a fraternity or sorority.
- rushers
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noun,
a person or thing that rushes.
- ureters
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noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- urethr-
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- Ephesus
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noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor, S of Smyrna (Izmir): famous temple of Artemis, or Diana; early Christian community.
- Shorter
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noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- shooter
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noun,
a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.:
- Sesotho
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noun,
the Bantu language of Lesotho; Sotho.
- souther
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noun,
a wind or storm from the south.
- strophe
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noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- heptose
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noun,
any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- sphero-
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- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- trooper
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- 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.
- Reuters
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noun,
a publicly owned international news and information company established in London, 1851.
- toupees
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noun,
a man's wig.
- Russo-
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- shotes
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noun,
shoat (def 1).
- russet
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noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- steres
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- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- porous
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adjective,
full of pores.
- poseur
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noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- rushes
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noun,
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- pushes
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- reshes
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noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- posset
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noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- shorts
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noun,
something that is short.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- spoors
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noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- rusher
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noun,
a person or thing that rushes.
- rushee
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noun,
a college student who is rushed by a fraternity or sorority.
- shouts
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noun,
a loud call or cry:
- pother
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noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Rupert
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noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- rupees
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noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- photo-
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- repros
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noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- Sheets
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noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- streps
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noun,
streptococcus.
- Perret
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noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- perses
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noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- sheers
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noun,
shear (def 16).
- set-up
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noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- peruse
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verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- stoush
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noun,
a fight or brawl.
- stours
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noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- shoers
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noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- Stopes
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noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- stoups
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noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- Storrs
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noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- serous
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adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- petro-
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- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Sereth
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noun,
German name of Siret.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- repute
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- shoots
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noun,
the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- soothe
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verb (used with object),
to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh:
- Pothos
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noun,
any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sprues
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noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- Reuter
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noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rooter
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- roosts
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- sporo-
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- proto-
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- Proust
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noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- spurts
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noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- ptero-
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- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- souths
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- reuses
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noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- purees
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noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- sprout
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noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- purree
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noun,
Indian yellow (defs 1, 2a).
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- purser
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noun,
an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- sports
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noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spouse
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noun,
either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- purses
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noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- spouts
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noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- pusher
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noun,
a person or thing that pushes.
- rhetor
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noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- proser
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noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- pouter
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Rhesus
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noun,
a macaque, Macaca mulatta, of India, used in experimental medicine.
- sphere
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noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- steeps
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noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- sooths
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noun,
truth, reality, or fact.
- Sopher
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noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- rouths
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noun,
abundance; plenty.
- routes
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- router
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- rousts
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verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- speers
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- report
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- retro-
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- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rouses
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noun,
a rousing.
- pretor
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noun,
praetor.
- sopors
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noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- rotors
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noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- retuse
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adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rosser
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noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- Stoops
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noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- strops
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- houses
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noun,
a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- Hester
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noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- toupee
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noun,
a man's wig.
- tossup
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noun,
the tossing of a coin to decide something by its fall.
- toshes
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noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- Hooper
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noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- torsos
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noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- hooter
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noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- horses
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noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horsts
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noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- torpor
-
noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- torero
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- herpes
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noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- hursts
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noun,
Fannie, 1889–1968, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tophus
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noun,
a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topees
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Thurs.
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- thorps
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noun,
a hamlet; village.
- Thorpe
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noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- Thess.
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- theses
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noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- opuses
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noun,
a musical composition.
- ortho-
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- Herter
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noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- heroes
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noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Tereus
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noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- tushes
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noun,
an exclamation of “tush!”.
- utero-
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- Ussher
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noun,
James, 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar.
- ushers
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noun,
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
- ephors
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noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- ureter
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noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- eroto-
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- upshot
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noun,
the final issue, the conclusion, or the result:
- upsets
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- uproot
-
verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- tropo-
-
- troph-
-
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Europe
-
noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- osteo-
-
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- supers
-
noun,
Informal.
a superintendent, especially of an apartment house.
supermarket.
supernumerary.
supervisor.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- super-
-
- stupes
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- ouphes
-
noun,
an elf or goblin.
- Euro-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Sotho
-
noun,
a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Esth.
-
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- trop-
-
- restr
-
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- rept.
-
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- hests
-
noun,
behest.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Hesse
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- petr-
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rhet.
-
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- herp.
-
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- shoot
-
noun,
the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shout
-
noun,
a loud call or cry:
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ephes
-
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- ruths
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Usher
-
noun,
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- USPHS
-
- shoos
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Sept.
-
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- shoes
-
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.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sero-
-
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- Uther
-
noun,
king of Britain and father of Arthur.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- 30-30
-
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Supt.
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Routh
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- sophs
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- sooth
-
noun,
truth, reality, or fact.
- shuts
-
noun,
the act or time of shutting or closing.
- Shute
-
noun,
Nevil (Nevil Shute Norway) 1899–1960, British novelist and aeronautical engineer.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- pert.
-
- shpt.
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- resp.
-
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- Pres.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- OPers
-
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- pret.
-
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- opto-
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- poohs
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- hurts
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- topo-
-
- poet.
-
- Hurst
-
noun,
Fannie, 1889–1968, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Prus.
-
- ORuss
-
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- oste-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- terr.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- poss.
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- post-
-
- Oruro
-
noun,
a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3660 meters) high.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- theo-
-
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- Orth.
-
- ster.
-
- theor
-
- Theos
-
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- step-
-
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Port.
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- pros.
-
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Horus
-
noun,
a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- purrs
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- House
-
noun,
a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- hosts
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- phot.
-
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- ouphe
-
noun,
an elf or goblin.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- hosp.
-
- hort.
-
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- Hours
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- phore
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- hoots
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- hoops
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- 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.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- supr
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USPS
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- USPO
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- shoo
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- the-
-
- uro-
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sur-
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Thur
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- thus
-
adverb,
in the way just indicated; in this way:
- thru
-
preposition, adverb, adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of through.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- uret
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- shr.
-
- Ste.
-
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- shut
-
noun,
the act or time of shutting or closing.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- SOHO
-
noun,
a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
- str.
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- thou
-
noun,
one thousand dollars, pounds, etc.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Tush
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tush!”.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Tues
-
- ter.
-
- 1080
-
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- phr.
-
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- her.
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pers
-
- perh
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- pos.
-
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Eth.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- purs
-
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- pts.
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- pot.
-
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- prs.
-
- pro-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- per.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- oro-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hour
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- hurt
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Huss
-
noun,
John, 1369?–1415, Czech religious reformer and martyr.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- 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.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- oohs
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Hos.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Hess
-
noun,
Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- hor.
-
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- OTOH
-
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Rus.
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- eous
-
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- rpt.
-
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- esp.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Ruhr
-
noun,
a river in W Germany, flowing NW and W into the Rhine. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repr
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rush
-
noun,
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Eph.
-
- 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).
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 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.
- Ruth
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Ep.
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- USO
-
- TSE
-
- USP
-
- USR
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- eo-
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- EEO
-
- OEO
-
- op.
-
- HUT
-
noun,
a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- Hus
-
noun,
Jan [jan;; Czech yahn] /dʒæn;; Czech yɑn/ (Show IPA), Huss, John.
- EOE
-
- Ehr
-
- Hue
-
noun,
a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ht.
-
- HST
-
- hrs
-
- HRE
-
- Hts
-
- tph
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- hr.
-
- tue
-
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- Tu.
-
- USS
-
- ESU
-
- trp
-
- TSS
-
- 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.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- TSP
-
- ESR
-
- ese
-
- Tro
-
- EPS
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- 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.
- EPT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- ERP
-
- ure
-
- ur-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TRH
-
- TSH
-
- Tpr
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- tr.
-
- ERT
-
- up-
-
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- ROP
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RPS
-
- Re.
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- SPR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SPS
-
- spt
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSS
-
- PSE
-
- oo-
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSE
-
- SSR
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- St.
-
- shp
-
- sho
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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).
- 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.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- sht
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Shu
-
noun,
the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- RPO
-
- SST
-
- Sr.
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- th-
-
- POR
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OSO
-
- ose
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OOT
-
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- 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.
- OTS
-
- Sus
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- STP
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PTO
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- pt.
-
- PHS
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- h.
-
- HP
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- PH
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- S.
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TP
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- UH
-
interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- RO
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- U.
-
- RH
-
- t.
-
- RU
-
- T1
-
- RP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- R.
-
- SU
-
- PU
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man: