Anagrams of precisions
Word precisions has
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- recisions
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- precision
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noun,
the state or quality of being precise.
- conspires
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- inspires
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- crispins
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- crispens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- Princess
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noun,
a nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- sericins
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- Ericsson
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noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- incisors
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incises
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- sinopis
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noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- Oscines
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- cosines
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- process
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noun,
a systematic series of actions directed to some end:
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- Prissie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- censors
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pissoir
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noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- cession
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noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- poiesis
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- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- Rossini
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noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- Crispin
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- prisons
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- isospin
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noun,
isotopic spin.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- piscine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- opsins
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- eosins
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Crosse
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noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- cross-
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- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enosis
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noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- irones
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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.
- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- scions
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noun,
a descendant.
- Scipio
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noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Pisces
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noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- scones
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- niseis
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Scopes
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noun,
John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- necro-
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- incise
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- scores
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- scorns
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scrips
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noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pisci-
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- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- sonics
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noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- copses
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noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- copies
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noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- copier
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- copens
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noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- ponces
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noun,
a pimp.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- spices
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noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- picro-
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- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- spines
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- piscos
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noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- spiro-
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- corses
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noun,
corpse.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cosies
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noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- snipes
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noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osiris
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noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- crisis
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noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Crispi
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- cossie
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noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- crisps
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noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- ripen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Pines
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noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Nisei
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- pesos
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Ponce
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noun,
a pimp.
- repic
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noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Issei
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noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- pirns
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noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pico-
-
- Price
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- repos
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- opsin
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- resin
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noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pisco
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noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- pions
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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.
- opsis
-
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Nepos
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noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- ricin
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Piers
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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.
- Press
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noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- resp.
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- Peron
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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).
- reni-
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- 30-30
-
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- priss
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noun,
a prissy person.
- poss.
-
- poses
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noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- proc.
-
- prise
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noun,
leverage.
- pron.
-
- prone
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noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
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noun,
German name of Poznań.
- pros.
-
- prion
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noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- porns
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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):
- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- reins
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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.
- opens
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noun,
an open or clear space.
- pones
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noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- posse
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noun,
posse comitatus.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- OPers
-
- peris
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noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peri-
-
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- noses
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noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- peons
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- penis
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Pres.
-
- recip
-
- pores
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- copr-
-
- copes
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noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Siepi
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noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- econ.
-
- sero-
-
- Epis.
-
- Episc
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- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sores
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noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Seric
-
- Cons.
-
- corp.
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Sino-
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- corps
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noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corns
-
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.
- sones
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noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- snore
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Creon
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cress
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noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cores
-
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- spec.
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cine-
-
- spies
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- cero-
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- insep
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- insp.
-
- corpn
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- incr.
-
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- icons
-
- incor
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- scops
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pos.
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- 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):
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Soni
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- scr.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rep.
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- sci.
-
- sec.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 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.
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psec
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- prs.
-
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- pro-
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- sepn
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- 1080
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Nor.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- enc.
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- eco-
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- INRI
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Ens.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ins.
-
- Inc.
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- eso-
-
- ESIS
-
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- neo-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- CERN
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- cir.
-
- osis
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- 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.
- cen.
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Con.
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Pers
-
- per.
-
- Pen.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- OPer
-
- cis-
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- 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.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- 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.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- SPS
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- ine
-
- Sr.
-
- SSN
-
- EPS
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- in.
-
- ERP
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ier
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESR
-
- SCP
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Esc
-
- SSI
-
- io-
-
- SRS
-
- ics
-
- SCS
-
- se-
-
- SSC
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SSE
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ss.
-
- Co.
-
- SPR
-
- CPO
-
- CSO
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- CNO
-
- CPS
-
- CPR
-
- CPI
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CNS
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- CSR
-
- eo-
-
- Ep.
-
- cs.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- 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.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ec-
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- CIE
-
- CIP
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- IPS
-
- IOC
-
- Oc.
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- op.
-
- NSC
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- NPR
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSS
-
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- 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 = .
- ons
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- RPS
-
- PCS
-
- 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.
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- 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:
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- POR
-
- PCI
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pc.
-
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- PRC
-
- ose
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- SSR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- NCO
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- RCN
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- So.
-
- ROI
-
- ROP
-
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- RPO
-
- ipr
-
- RSS
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ne-
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Sp.
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- IPO
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NEC
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- NOP
-
- IP
-
- CE
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- i.
-
- S.
-
- ic
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
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- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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- SN
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- R.
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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noun,
oy2 .
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
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