Anagrams of pratincole
Word pratincole has
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that can be made by using the letters of pratincole.
- point-lace
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noun,
lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- porcelain
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noun,
a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- Petrolina
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noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- prolactin
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noun,
an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- ice-plant
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noun,
a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- Platonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines:
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- petiolar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- plectron
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noun,
plectrum.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- capriole
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noun,
a caper or leap.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- replicon
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noun,
any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- particle
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noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- antipole
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- petrolic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or produced from petroleum.
- platino-
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- coal-pit
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noun,
a pit where coal is dug.
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- tropical
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noun,
tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, especially summer weather.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- 11-point
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- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- Interpol
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noun,
an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- triplane
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- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- peloria
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- planter
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noun,
a person who plants.
- Clapton
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noun,
Eric, born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- petrol.
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- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- plicate
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adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- pelican
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noun,
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- centri-
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- craniol
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- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- centro-
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- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- plancer
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noun,
the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- apricot
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noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- cerato-
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- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- replica
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- cranio-
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- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- pointal
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noun,
pointel.
- capelin
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noun,
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
- Carlton
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noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- contra-
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- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- Capitol
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noun,
the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
- caltrop
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caliper
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- Lepanto
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noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- clip-on
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noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- caption
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noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- pointel
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noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- toprail
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noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- Pontiac
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- Opaline
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adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- optical
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noun,
opticals, optical effects.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- actino-
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- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- potline
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- topline
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adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- panicle
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noun,
a compound raceme.
- polenta
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- antero-
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- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- ectopia
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- polecat
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- parotic
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adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- lactone
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- 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.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- topical
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noun,
Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- ptero-
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- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Racine
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- coaler
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- intra-
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- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- intro.
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- planer
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- planet
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noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- plani-
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- Pinole
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- lictor
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- inter.
-
- iatro-
-
- piolet
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clino-
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- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- placet
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noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- plaice
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noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- placer
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- lepto-
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- prance
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- pontil
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noun,
punty.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- polit.
-
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- police
-
noun,
Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- lacto-
-
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- cteno-
-
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- recti-
-
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- enrapt
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adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- plano-
-
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- colent
-
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- contr.
-
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- pleio-
-
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- patri-
-
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- pencil
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- nitro-
-
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- nocti-
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- penta-
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- actin-
-
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- aceto-
-
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- paleon
-
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- paleo-
-
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- panto-
-
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- aeron.
-
- caplet
-
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpo-
-
- picro-
-
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- narco-
-
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- celto-
-
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- cerat-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- petro-
-
- Iran.
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- pant-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Port.
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- Ital.
-
- petr-
-
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- pari-
-
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- licet
-
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- prae-
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- petri
-
- pale-
-
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- incl.
-
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- pret.
-
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- intr.
-
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- peta-
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- lipo-
-
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pert.
-
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- pico-
-
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- pleo-
-
- natl.
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
-
- noct-
-
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- plan-
-
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- lect.
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- plio-
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- plat.
-
- OIcel
-
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- octa-
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- part.
-
- lact-
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olein
-
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.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- poet.
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- patr-
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- telo-
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Capt.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- teno-
-
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Cant.
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- tera-
-
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carp-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- cine-
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- cent.
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cero-
-
- cert.
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Alcor
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- trop-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- acet-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- acpt.
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- ation
-
- areo-
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Apoc.
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arnel
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- alti-
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- tonia
-
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- corpn
-
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rept.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- ento-
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Corpl
-
- rcpt.
-
- corp.
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copr-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Recit
-
- ecol.
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recpt
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- econ.
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- recip
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- reni-
-
- encl.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- colat
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- pron.
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Icel.
-
- cont.
-
- Prot.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- ileo-
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- proc.
-
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- coel-
-
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- top-
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- prin
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tron
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pro-
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pct.
-
- tRNA
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pal.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- pre-
-
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- pot.
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- tri-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- par.
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- prec
-
- pat.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Pol.
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rit.
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- pil-
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- RONA
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- rpt.
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tel-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- PERL
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- tion
-
- rel.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Pen.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ten.
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- repl
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- ter.
-
- Pet.
-
- Rep.
-
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- pnea
-
- per.
-
- 1080
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- 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.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- 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.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- cap.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Con.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Can.
-
- 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.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Col.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- Cal.
-
- cat.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- itol
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- cit.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- ile-
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- clar
-
- Ire.
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clep
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- inae
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Lat.
-
- cen.
-
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- CERN
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- cet-
-
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- atic
-
- crat
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- enc.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Aire
-
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ole-
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- enl.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Ont.
-
- Oct.
-
- Alco
-
- OAPC
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- alt.
-
- epi-
-
- ance
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- NTIA
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ano-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ctr.
-
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- opia
-
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- aet.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ant.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- neo-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- NCTE
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- etc.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Cor.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- art.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cort
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- int.
-
- NIRA
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Apr.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- apo-
-
- CNO
-
- ROI
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- 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.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CPA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CTA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- CPO
-
- RNA
-
- CRT
-
- ROA
-
- ROP
-
- CLR
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CRP
-
- CPI
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CPR
-
- CPL
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- PTO
-
- Clo
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- aor
-
- tr.
-
- APC
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Apl
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Tpr
-
- tra
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- Tro
-
- ACP
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- tlr
-
- RPO
-
- CIE
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CIA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CIP
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TAL
-
- cle
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- CLI
-
- TCA
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tlo
-
- Co.
-
- TLC
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- ATP
-
- ca.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- cp.
-
- CEA
-
- cr.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAI
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- eo-
-
- trp
-
- ea.
-
- NCO
-
- PIO
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LPN
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- LOC
-
- 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:
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- NEA
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NEC
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- NIA
-
- ean
-
- POC
-
- POA
-
- PLR
-
- LCA
-
- PLO
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- pli
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- PLC
-
- pl.
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OIt
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- pt.
-
- Ola
-
- OIr
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NRC
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- Oc.
-
- 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.
- op.
-
- OTC
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCI
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- oic
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ial
-
- ETR
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RCP
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ETO
-
- 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 = .
- Ep.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- eir
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- en-
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- REA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RCT
-
- EPA
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- IOC
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IRL
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ite
-
- IRO
-
- POR
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- PRA
-
- ipr
-
- ITA
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- IPO
-
- ITC
-
- PRC
-
- IOT
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ior
-
- IPA
-
- LC
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- ol
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EI
-
- L.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- AO
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- L2
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TC
-
- 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.
- le
-
- NP
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NI
-
- NC
-
- TN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- RP
-
- LR
-
- CE
-
- IP
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NL
-
- RO
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RI
-
- O.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RN
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- OA
-
- ln
-
- TL
-
- TP
-
- R.
-