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Word predations has
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- Peronista
-
noun,
Peronist.
- atropines
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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.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- dipterans
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- predation
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noun,
depredation; plundering.
- dripstone
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noun,
Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- pintadoes
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- posteriad
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adverb,
toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- dioptase
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- pronates
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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.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- 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.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- diopters
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- portside
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adjective, adverb,
on a waterfront or near a port.
- depaints
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- padrones
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noun,
a master; boss.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- 11-point
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- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- dipteran
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- dipteron
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- portends
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verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- poniards
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noun,
a small, slender dagger.
- antipode
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noun,
a direct or exact opposite.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- diaspore
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noun,
a mineral, aluminum oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH), occurring in crystals, or more usually in lamellar or scaly masses: a principal constituent of bauxite and an important source of aluminum.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- pterido-
-
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- parodies
-
noun,
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing:
- peridots
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- protends
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verb (used with object),
to stretch forth.
- Sarpedon
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noun,
a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- parodist
-
noun,
a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- notepads
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noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- satinpod
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noun,
either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- tropines
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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.
- pintados
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- parotids
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noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- deports
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verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- topside
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noun,
the upper side.
- poniard
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noun,
a small, slender dagger.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- sparoid
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noun,
a sparoid fish.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- ponders
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verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- panders
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noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- deposit
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- 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.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- padrino
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noun,
a godfather.
- departs
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noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- padrone
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noun,
a master; boss.
- pintado
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- torpids
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noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- arpents
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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.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- partons
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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.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- inroads
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- arseno-
-
- redtops
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- painted
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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.
- portend
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verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- pandies
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noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- podites
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noun,
an arthropod limb.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- pinders
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noun,
peanut.
- podetia
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noun,
(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- podesta
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noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- despair
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noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- sterno-
-
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- dapsone
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noun,
an antibacterial substance, C 12 H 12 N 2 O 2 S, used to treat leprosy and certain forms of dermatitis.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- stearo-
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- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pandits
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noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- pardons
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noun,
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
- stipend
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noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- parotid
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noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- pinards
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noun,
wine.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- astroid
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noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pointed
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- spinode
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noun,
cusp (def 3).
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- torsade
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- sadiron
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noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- oneidas
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- sandpit
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noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidero-
-
- Rostand
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noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- operand
-
noun,
a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- aristo-
-
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- pedants
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noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- tripods
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- 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.
- notepad
-
noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- norites
-
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.
- 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.
- Peridot
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- dopants
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noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- adipose
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noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- pentads
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noun,
a period of five years.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- protend
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verb (used with object),
to stretch forth.
- 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.
- donates
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verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- depaint
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- transp.
-
- respond
-
noun,
Architecture. a half pier, pilaster, or the like projecting from a wall as a support for a lintel or an arch, the other side of which is supported on a free-standing pier or column.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- dispart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- disport
-
noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- iodates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- striped
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- antero-
-
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- diopter
-
noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- petards
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noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- Diptera
-
noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- steno-
-
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Dorpat
-
noun,
German name of Tartu.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- patri-
-
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- penta-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- drapes
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- pedros
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- dorsi-
-
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- irones
-
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.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- 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.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- sapro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- septi-
-
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- 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.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spiro-
-
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- pardon
-
noun,
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- 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.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- panto-
-
- intro.
-
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- intra-
-
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- paedo-
-
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- paints
-
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.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- iatro-
-
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- dopant
-
noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- arsen-
-
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- ponder
-
verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- 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.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- rapido
-
noun,
an express train.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- astro-
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- astron
-
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- trans.
-
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- adreno
-
- adren-
-
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adopts
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- adeno-
-
- tronas
-
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.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- aeron.
-
- tripes
-
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.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- aniso-
-
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- andro-
-
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- 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.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- 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.
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- tarso-
-
- petro-
-
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- radio-
-
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- denti-
-
- dopers
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- distr.
-
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- period
-
noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- tapirs
-
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.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Pernod
-
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- reni-
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- pret.
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- peta-
-
- 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.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- proas
-
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.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- rotas
-
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.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- rept.
-
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- prod.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- OPers
-
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- part.
-
- pedi-
-
- rents
-
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.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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).
- Rains
-
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).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- peri-
-
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pert.
-
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- pron.
-
- oidea
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pros.
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- PEDir
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- pedo-
-
- sanit
-
- ordn.
-
- petr-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- 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.
- poet.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- pant-
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- pated
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Port.
-
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- retd.
-
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- 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.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- resin
-
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.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- resp.
-
- petri
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pred.
-
- Pres.
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prand
-
- prae-
-
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- post-
-
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- reins
-
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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- riots
-
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.
- patr-
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- porns
-
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):
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Srta.
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Epist
-
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Epis.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ster.
-
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- step-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- endo-
-
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- ento-
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- 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.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dept.
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- terns
-
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.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dent.
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- teno-
-
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- dopas
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- 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.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- tonia
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- ation
-
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dist.
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- astr.
-
- tears
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- aeri-
-
- aeons
-
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.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- naso-
-
- Sino-
-
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- seti-
-
- aero-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- adopt
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sito-
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- 30-30
-
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- 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.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- aden-
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- 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.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- treas
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- intr.
-
- ideo-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- insep
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- Indo-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- inst.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- span-
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- ante-
-
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- IATSE
-
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- 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.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- anis-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- areo-
-
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- TODS
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- tRNA
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- trid
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tri-
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- top-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- 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.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tron
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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).
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Sat.
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- RONA
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- rad.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sepn
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- std.
-
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TDRS
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- tion
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- 1080
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Rida
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Sra.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- str.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Dino
-
- dir.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- neo-
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nos-
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dat.
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- 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.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- 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.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dia-
-
- NTIA
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- der.
-
- depr
-
- dep.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ind.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- est.
-
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- esp.
-
- ins.
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- end-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- EDTA
-
- Esd.
-
- eso-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- NADP
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- 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.
- 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.
- dpt.
-
- iod-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- 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.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- ands
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- 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.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pers
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- patd
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- ano-
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- per.
-
- 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.
- ped.
-
- peds
-
- Pen.
-
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- pro-
-
- prs.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- PSAT
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- psia
-
- psid
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- PTSD
-
- pot.
-
- pos.
-
- Aire
-
- poda
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pnea
-
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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):
- aet.
-
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- aer-
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- OSRD
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- opia
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ord.
-
- OPer
-
- art.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apr.
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- par.
-
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- ant.
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- trp
-
- do.
-
- ae.
-
- DOA
-
- 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.
- DSO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- DAE
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ead
-
- TSP
-
- STP
-
- eo-
-
- ase
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- Tro
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EDP
-
- Ar.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- en-
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- EDT
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- at.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASN
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- STI
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASI
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- ad-
-
- ATP
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ap-
-
- an.
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DST
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tpr
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- TID
-
- Doi
-
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- DET
-
- di.
-
- 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.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DNR
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- DNA
-
- ard
-
- 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.
- APS
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- aor
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- 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.
- TPN
-
- DSR
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- DAR
-
- DSP
-
- DSA
-
- ARS
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- DRE
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Dr.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- DPS
-
- DPI
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- DPA
-
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- de-
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- DEA
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- tpd
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TPI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- IPO
-
- Ep.
-
- OPA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- So.
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ROP
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ose
-
- sd.
-
- Sp.
-
- ot-
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- NSA
-
- SAR
-
- OED
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- EPS
-
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- SRO
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oid
-
- EPA
-
- SAE
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OSP
-
- OTA
-
- nr.
-
- PRA
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- POR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- PSA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rd.
-
- Re.
-
- RPS
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- PIO
-
- ROA
-
- PTO
-
- rnd
-
- ote
-
- RNA
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- pd.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- 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.
- PDT
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PID
-
- 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:
- NRA
-
- OSD
-
- Npt
-
- ise
-
- ETR
-
- Ir.
-
- NPR
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ISR
-
- ipr
-
- ist
-
- ETO
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ESR
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ESA
-
- SPR
-
- IPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ier
-
- ior
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- IDP
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ide
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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 = .
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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.
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
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- Nod
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noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
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- Sep
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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.
- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
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- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
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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).
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- in.
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- NAD
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- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NED
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noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
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- NEA
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
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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.
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
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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.
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
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- SI
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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,
ti1 .
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
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noun,
oy2 .
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
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- EI
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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- IP
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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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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
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adverb,
no1 .
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