Anagrams of predynastic
Word predynastic has
1946 anagrams
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- discrepant
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adjective,
(usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent:
- insectary
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noun,
a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- dipterans
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- predicant
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noun,
a preacher.
- syndicate
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noun,
a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations:
- adscript
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noun,
an adscript character.
Compare inferior (def 11), superior (def 12).
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- prescind
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verb (used with object),
to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- pedantic
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adjective,
ostentatious in one's learning.
- encrypts
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verb (used with object),
to encipher or encode.
- pedantry
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noun,
the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- depaints
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- decrypts
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verb (used with object),
to decode or decipher.
- cyanides
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noun,
Also, cyanid, C10/C1079000 sahy-uh-nid, ˈsaɪ ə nɪd. Chemistry.
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.
- cyanites
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noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- peracids
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noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- spin-dry
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verb (used with object),
to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- cyprians
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noun,
Saint (Thascius Caecillus Cyprianus) a.d. c200–258, early church father, bishop, and martyr.
- ancestry
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noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- pandects
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noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- asperity
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noun,
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony:
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- predicts
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verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- syndetic
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adjective,
serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- apyretic
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adjective,
free from fever.
- dipteran
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- epinasty
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noun,
(especially of leaves) increased growth on the upper surface of an organ or part, causing it to bend downward.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- stipend
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noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- predict
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verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- cyanite
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noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- 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.
- 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.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- 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.
- Cyprian
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noun,
Saint (Thascius Caecillus Cyprianus) a.d. c200–258, early church father, bishop, and martyr.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- aseptic
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noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- radices
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noun,
a plural of radix.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- centri-
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- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- candier
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- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- pandect
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noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- panders
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noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- nectary
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- 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.
- 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.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- striped
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- carneys
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noun,
carny.
- pandits
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noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- catnips
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noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- dietary
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- rescind
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Diptera
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noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- discant
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noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- dispart
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verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- dyspnea
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noun,
difficult or labored breathing.
- syncarp
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noun,
an aggregate fruit.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- synapte
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noun,
a litany.
- 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.
- drastic
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adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- sandpit
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noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- Sectary
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noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- edacity
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noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- Script.
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- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- encrypt
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verb (used with object),
to encipher or encode.
- 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.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- cystine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 N 2 S 2 , occurring in most proteins, especially the keratins in hair, wool, and horn, and yielding cysteine on reduction.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- patency
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- spidery
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adjective,
like a spider or a spider's web.
- spicery
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noun,
spice.
- redacts
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- redcaps
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noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- Destiny
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noun,
something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
- decrypt
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verb (used with object),
to decode or decipher.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- density
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noun,
the state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition.
- dentary
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- depaint
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- departs
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noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- depicts
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verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inscape
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noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- descant
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noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- despair
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noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- 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.
- cyanide
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noun,
Also, cyanid, C10/C1079000 sahy-uh-nid, ˈsaɪ ə nɪd. Chemistry.
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.
- Pyrites
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noun,
pyrite.
- pinders
-
noun,
peanut.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- 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.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- pedants
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- tindery
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adjective,
resembling tinder; highly inflammable or inflammatory.
- 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.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- Picardy
-
noun,
a region in N France: formerly a province.
- transp.
-
- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- piscary
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noun,
Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pyretic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- pinards
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noun,
wine.
- peracid
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noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- pentads
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noun,
a period of five years.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- trypsin
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- recti-
-
- Darien
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noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- darics
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- instr.
-
- redact
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- 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.
- spicey
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adjective,
spicy.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- redans
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noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- inter.
-
- decani
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adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- pyrite
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noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- trans.
-
- decant
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- Dairen
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noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- intra-
-
- Sparti
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- decays
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- denary
-
adjective,
containing ten; tenfold.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- redcap
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noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- dainty
-
noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- 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.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- Tyrian
-
adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- cysti-
-
- 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.
- Steady
-
noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Cypris
-
noun,
an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “Lady of Cyprus.”.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- napery
-
noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- 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.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- denti-
-
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cryst.
-
- crispy
-
adjective,
(especially of food) brittle; crisp.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- crypts
-
noun,
a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
- crypt-
-
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sanity
-
noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Sidney
-
noun,
Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- 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.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- pinery
-
noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- distr.
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- Disney
-
noun,
Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- scanty
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- encyst
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- 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.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- Erinys
-
noun,
any of the Furies.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- satiny
-
adjective,
satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- septi-
-
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Piercy
-
noun,
Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- piracy
-
noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- spacey
-
adjective,
spaced-out (def 2).
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- pycnia
-
noun,
a flask-shaped or conical sporangium of a rust fungus, which develops below the epidermis of the host and bears pycniospores.
- trendy
-
noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- adren-
-
- descry
-
verb (used with object),
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy:
- Picard
-
noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- cyders
-
noun,
cider.
- pyrans
-
noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- Yentai
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- yentas
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Snyder
-
noun,
Gary, born 1930, U.S. poet and essayist.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- Syrian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- dynast
-
noun,
a ruler or potentate, especially a hereditary ruler.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- repays
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- actin-
-
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- capsid
-
noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- 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.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- painty
-
adjective,
of, coated with, or soiled with paint:
- 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.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- candys
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- cardi-
-
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- 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.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pricey
-
adjective,
expensive or unduly expensive:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- Carney
-
noun,
carny.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- 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):
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- pastry
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- 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.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- pantry
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- parity
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- 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.
- patri-
-
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- syndic
-
noun,
a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university.
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- nicety
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- centr-
-
- 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.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- nycti-
-
- centi-
-
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- penta-
-
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cerat-
-
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- peta-
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- pant-
-
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- iatry
-
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- pari-
-
- panty
-
noun,
panties.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- IATSE
-
- pardy
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Patsy
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- rynds
-
noun,
rind2 .
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- pred.
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- 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.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- 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.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Sandy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- pasty
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- Percy
-
noun,
Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- pisay
-
noun,
pisé.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- pated
-
- peri-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Randy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- nerdy
-
adjective,
Slang. of or like a nerd.
- scat-
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Scand
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- nears
-
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sanit
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rayed
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- part.
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sarc-
-
- pert.
-
- 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).
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- patr-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- 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.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- 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.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- 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.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- 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.
- YPSCE
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- intr.
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Iran.
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- inst.
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pyric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resulting from burning.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- rect.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- petr-
-
- 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:
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- recip
-
- Recit
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- recpt
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Ready
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- 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.
- petri
-
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- PEDir
-
- pricy
-
adjective,
pricey.
- nitr-
-
- pedi-
-
- insep
-
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Pydna
-
noun,
a town in ancient Macedonia, W of the Gulf of Salonika: decisive Roman victory over the Macedonians 186 b.c.
- rept.
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- prae-
-
- Nydia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pandy
-
noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- yirds
-
noun,
earth.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- retd.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Pansy
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- prand
-
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- payt.
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- 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.
- 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.
- rcpt.
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Payne
-
noun,
John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- pyran
-
noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- reni-
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- peaty
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- 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.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pres.
-
- incr.
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- deca-
-
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- Card.
-
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- caps.
-
- carp-
-
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Capt.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Candy
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Srta.
-
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- cyst-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- 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.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- cyan-
-
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cyder
-
noun,
cider.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Cindy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cynthia.
- cine-
-
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ayins
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- treas
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- 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).
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- 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.
- andry
-
- aeri-
-
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 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.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- acet-
-
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acity
-
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- acpt.
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- aden-
-
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tears
-
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- 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.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tardy
-
adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- 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.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- anis-
-
- 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.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- 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.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- crit.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dynes
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- dirty
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- disc.
-
- dist.
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Denys
-
noun,
Saint, Denîs, Saint.
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- dept.
-
- span-
-
- desc.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- diary
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- dicey
-
adjective,
unpredictable; risky; uncertain.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- disty
-
- ditsy
-
adjective,
flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- edit.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- sect.
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Sept.
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- ency.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- synd.
-
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drays
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- 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.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Dryas
-
noun,
any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- 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.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- seti-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- spec.
-
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Deary
-
noun,
darling.
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dairy
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- darts
-
- dancy
-
adjective,
suitable for or conducive to dancing; danceable.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Daisy
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- spicy
-
adjective,
seasoned with or containing spice:
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- 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.
- decry
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- deci-
-
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- typ.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- pnea
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- pity
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- pts.
-
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- pyr-
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- 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.
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- sec.
-
- trid
-
- Sra.
-
- scr.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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.
- sci.
-
- tRNA
-
- rcd.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- RdAc
-
- tri-
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- sepn
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- secy
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- ter.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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).
- 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.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- psid
-
- psia
-
- psec
-
- PSAT
-
- prs.
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPCA
-
- prin
-
- PTSD
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- str.
-
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- 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.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rep.
-
- rad.
-
- Syr.
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- 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.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ten.
-
- Ste.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- 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.
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- prec
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- syn-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- rpt.
-
- std.
-
- pre-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- 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.
- Rida
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- TDRS
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rynd
-
noun,
rind2 .
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Cdr.
-
- cap.
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- 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).
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- est.
-
- cit.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- etc.
-
- cis-
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cir.
-
- cen.
-
- cide
-
- Ind.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- Can.
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- cyte
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Indy
-
noun,
Indianapolis, Ind.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- yrs.
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- IndE
-
- Inc.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- inae
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- ARIS
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- der.
-
- depr
-
- dpt.
-
- dep.
-
- Deny
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Den.
-
- dia-
-
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- 1080
-
- Dec.
-
- 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.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- 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.
- dat.
-
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- Din.
-
- Dyna
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dyne
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Dice
-
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.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- dys-
-
- 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.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- esp.
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Cres
-
- Ens.
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- crat
-
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- enc.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.”.
- cpd.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Esd.
-
- end-
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- 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.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- ect-
-
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- yird
-
noun,
earth.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aer-
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- acr-
-
- PAYE
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pays
-
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- NTIA
-
- aet.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- NYSE
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aire
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- 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.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Pers
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- per.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- 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.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- pat.
-
- patd
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- pct.
-
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ped.
-
- peds
-
- Pen.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- NDAC
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Apr.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- ANSI
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NADP
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- ands
-
- Andy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- 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.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ance
-
- ant.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- NASD
-
- NCTE
-
- 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.
- ancy
-
- 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).
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ast
-
- DEA
-
- DCS
-
- ASR
-
- de-
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- acy
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- 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.
- DAR
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- ACP
-
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- DAE
-
- DSC
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- Ar.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- TSE
-
- ap-
-
- TIA
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- trp
-
- TSI
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TSP
-
- ard
-
- 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.
- ARS
-
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- 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.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ase
-
- ac-
-
- TCS
-
- TID
-
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- TDY
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- APS
-
- 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.
- ASN
-
- an.
-
- ad-
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ASI
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- DET
-
- di.
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ADC
-
- ATP
-
- CRS
-
- SPR
-
- CIP
-
- STI
-
- tr.
-
- CIA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tra
-
- CIE
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- Tpr
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- CAI
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- TPN
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ANC
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ays
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- 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.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TPI
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- CED
-
- STP
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- tpd
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- APC
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- CRP
-
- ACS
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- cr.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AIC
-
- AEC
-
- CNS
-
- CPA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CPI
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CPR
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CPS
-
- St.
-
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ct.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- cs.
-
- Sta
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- ECA
-
- DIY
-
- RDA
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- YTD
-
- ite
-
- ity
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- NYC
-
- NAD
-
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RCT
-
- ise
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- RCN
-
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- RCA
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- 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.
- ISA
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- 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.
- yds
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ier
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- yer
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- 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.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- IPA
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- IRS
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- PCS
-
- pc.
-
- 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.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PRC
-
- PCI
-
- PDT
-
- NSC
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PRA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- py-
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- 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.
- 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:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Pa.
-
- PSA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Re.
-
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NYA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- 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.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NYP
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RCS
-
- NSA
-
- RCP
-
- Rd.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- NRC
-
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- IDP
-
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- EDT
-
- SED
-
- ec-
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EDP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- eir
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- EIS
-
- SCP
-
- en-
-
- ide
-
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ery
-
- sc.
-
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Esc
-
- DRE
-
- dyn
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- 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.
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DPA
-
- DPC
-
- DPI
-
- DPS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Dr.
-
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- DSA
-
- DSP
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ESA
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- ScD
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- ESR
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- rte
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- yad
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noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Yap
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noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- SAR
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- yar
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adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- Sp.
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- sd.
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- RTS
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- rt.
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- Ia.
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- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- rnd
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- RNA
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- IAS
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- yas
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- icy
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adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- IDA
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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).
- SAE
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- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ety
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- ETS
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- ics
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- id.
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- ETR
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- t.
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- NC
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- ND
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- NI
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- NY
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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.
- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- RP
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- SN
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- NP
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- ry
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- A.
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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.
- TD
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- T1
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- yd
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noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- DT
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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.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- AI
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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.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- DN
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- ty
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- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- R.
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- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RN
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- D.
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- TN
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- TP
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- RI
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- DA
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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.
- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DP
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- RC
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- YT
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- yr
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- ic
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- ey
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- Y.
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- TC
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- N.
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- IP
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- SA
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- S.
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- i.
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- CE
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