Anagrams of pregnancies
Word pregnancies has
1047 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of pregnancies.
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- narceines
-
noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- screening
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noun,
the act or work of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the character and competence of applicants, employees, etc.
- pre-Incan
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adjective,
of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- sap-green
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noun,
a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- penances
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noun,
a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- grecians
-
noun,
a Greek.
- aginners
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- Spearing
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noun,
an illegal check in which a player jabs an opponent with the end of the stick blade or the top end of the stick, resulting in a penalty.
- earnings
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noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- pinnaces
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noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- grannies
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noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- narceine
-
noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- carpings
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noun,
petty faultfinding.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- Carnegie
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noun,
Andrew, 1835–1919, U.S. steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland.
- engrains
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- agencies
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noun,
an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another:
- panniers
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- Genseric
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noun,
a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.
- creeping
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noun,
Slang. the act or practice of following someone persistently or stealthily, especially online:
- Spingarn
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noun,
Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- generics
-
noun,
a generic term.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- scraping
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that scrapes.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- incense
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- rasping
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noun,
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
- engrain
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- Erigena
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noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- prances
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- 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.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- Sergipe
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noun,
a state in NE Brazil. 8490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Capital: Aracajú.
- enrages
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- pinners
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- greisen
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noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- prisage
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noun,
the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- incages
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- presage
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noun,
a presentiment or foreboding.
- genesic
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adjective,
pertaining to genesis or reproduction; genetic.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- generic
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noun,
a generic term.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- Grecian
-
noun,
a Greek.
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- penance
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noun,
a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- cringes
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noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- penangs
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noun,
an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- encages
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- Spencer
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noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- scanner
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noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- spinner
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noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- aginner
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noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- pannier
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- 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.
- sparing
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noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- carping
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noun,
petty faultfinding.
- spanner
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noun,
a person or thing that spans.
- nancies
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- springe
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noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- pinnace
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noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- pinenes
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noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- pinangs
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noun,
the betel palm or its nut.
- parings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- spacing
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noun,
an act of someone or something that spaces.
- escape
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Gaines
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noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- Gainer
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- scrape
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- Regina
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noun,
queen.
- Esenin
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noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- reigns
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noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- creeps
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noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- crepes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Sanger
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noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- encage
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- Encina
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- engin.
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- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- engine
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noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- enrage
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- easier
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Ensign
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noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- Rennes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- eagres
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noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- eagers
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noun,
eagre.
- Sarnen
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- resign
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verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- Pascin
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- ericas
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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.
- cringe
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noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- Rennie
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noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- earing
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- pennis
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- pinene
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noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- pinang
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noun,
the betel palm or its nut.
- nances
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noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Napier
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noun,
neper.
- Pierce
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- piecer
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Nepean
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noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Nerine
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noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Persia
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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.
- Nicene
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adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- Niepce
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noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- Pennie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- pinner
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- Penang
-
noun,
an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- Peirce
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noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- pecans
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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.
- pacers
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noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- peasen
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noun,
a plural of pease.
- pagers
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noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- pagnes
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noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- panier
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noun,
pannier.
- pannes
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noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- peaces
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noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- paring
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- 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.
- pinnas
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noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- inspan
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verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- gapers
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noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- grani-
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- recipe
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noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Gasper
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noun,
a cigarette.
- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- reagin
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- rapine
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genips
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Gesner
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noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Graces
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noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- grains
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noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- grease
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noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- insane
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adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- incage
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verb (used with object),
encage.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- INGRES
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noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- prangs
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- inanes
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noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- gripes
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- greens
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noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Parsee
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noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- sparge
-
noun,
a sprinkling.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- agric.
-
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caning
-
noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- 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.
- 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):
- 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.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- sprang
-
noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- arsen-
-
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- insep
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- angi-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- 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.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- anis-
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Iran.
-
- prae-
-
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- insp.
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- incr.
-
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- 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.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- sing.
-
- span-
-
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- 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.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- pene-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- 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.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- 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.
- peags
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Penn.
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- 30-30
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- 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.
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- nears
-
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- 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.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- spec.
-
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- 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.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carp-
-
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- engr.
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- 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).
- sarc-
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- 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.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- 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.
- Episc
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Epis.
-
- caps.
-
- 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.
- resp.
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- 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.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- 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.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- reni-
-
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- gains
-
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- 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.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- gapes
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- 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.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gaspe
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- recip
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- ESPEC
-
- Pen.
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- psia
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- psec
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sra.
-
- prs.
-
- 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.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- 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.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- scr.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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).
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- sci.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- psig
-
- sec.
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- prec
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- pre-
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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.
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pnea
-
- Rep.
-
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- per.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Pers
-
- prin
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- RNAS
-
- sepn
-
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- 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.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Reg.
-
- SPCA
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Sig.
-
- 1080
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- inae
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ign.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- esp.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Cres
-
- 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.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- Inc.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- Arg.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- 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.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ARIS
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ins.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- asc-
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- cap.
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Apr.
-
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- CERN
-
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cis-
-
- Ger.
-
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- cir.
-
- Gen.
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- gres
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- gras
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Ire.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- NIRA
-
- aer-
-
- Eng.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- ence
-
- acr-
-
- Ens.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- enc.
-
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- agr.
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- 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.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- ANSI
-
- ergs
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Aire
-
- ance
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- epi-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- SCP
-
- SAR
-
- CSR
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- CSA
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- Sp.
-
- RSE
-
- CNN
-
- ec-
-
- CNS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CPI
-
- ean
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- ea.
-
- CPR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Eg.
-
- CPS
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ECG
-
- ECA
-
- sc.
-
- CPA
-
- CAI
-
- se-
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- 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.
- APC
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ANG
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- APS
-
- AGC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ACS
-
- ACP
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- SPR
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ag-
-
- ac-
-
- ap-
-
- Sr.
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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).
- CIP
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIE
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- CIA
-
- CGS
-
- CGI
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEA
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- 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.
- Rs.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- 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).
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- RSA
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- RPG
-
- ISA
-
- Ir.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- IRC
-
- 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.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ipr
-
- ISR
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- IPS
-
- PRA
-
- NEA
-
- IAS
-
- PSA
-
- GSA
-
- GSC
-
- GSR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IPA
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PRC
-
- ine
-
- ing
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- PSE
-
- Pr.
-
- NSC
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pg.
-
- prn
-
- NRC
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Ps.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PaG
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- PGA
-
- 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:
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- NES
-
- NGC
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- nr.
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- NPR
-
- PSC
-
- ics
-
- PSG
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gi.
-
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- GCA
-
- GCE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- GCI
-
- ESA
-
- ERP
-
- REA
-
- ene
-
- EEC
-
- RNA
-
- EEG
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Ep.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- GCR
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCN
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- gre
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- RCA
-
- Gr.
-
- GPS
-
- GNP
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Ges
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- NC
-
- RP
-
- ic
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- i.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RC
-
- N.
-
- RI
-
- SG
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SA
-
- S.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- NG
-
- CE
-
- ee
-
- GP
-
- GN
-
- IP
-
- GC
-
- G.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- SN
-
- IG
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RN
-
- rg
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).