Anagrams of presenility
Word presenility has
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- peristyle
-
noun,
a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- Priestley
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noun,
J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- presently
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adverb,
in a little while; soon:
- resilient
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adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- senility
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noun,
the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- entirely
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adverb,
wholly or fully; completely or unreservedly:
- Sleipnir
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noun,
the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- perseity
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noun,
(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- lientery
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noun,
a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- epistyle
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noun,
the architrave of a classical building.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- tinselry
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noun,
cheap and pretentious display.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- Serenity
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noun,
the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
- pyelitis
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noun,
inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- pineries
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noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- priestly
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adjective,
of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal:
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- Presley
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noun,
Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- spleeny
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adjective,
abundant in or displaying spleen.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stepney
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noun,
a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Tower Hamlets.
- 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.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- styrene
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- yestern
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adjective,
yester.
- yester-
-
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- Yenisei
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noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing N from the Sayan Mountains to the Kara Sea. 2566 miles (4080 km) long.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- 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.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- pieties
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noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- pentyls
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adjective,
containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- pyrenes
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noun,
a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- Pyrites
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noun,
pyrite.
- Serpent
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noun,
a snake.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- syenite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of orthoclase and oligoclase with hornblende, biotite, or augite.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- tiepins
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- trypsin
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Pilsen
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noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pinery
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noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- selen-
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- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- steely
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adjective,
consisting or made of steel.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- lysine
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noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- pinite
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- sentry
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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.
- 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.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- styler
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noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- pintle
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Erinys
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noun,
any of the Furies.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- splint
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- pelite
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- lepers
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noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- pensil
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noun,
pencel.
- Spener
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noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- linsey
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noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- spinel
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Speyer
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noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- peltry
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- pestle
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Ripley
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noun,
George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- Spirit
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- lyrist
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noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lenity
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- tip-in
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noun,
tap-in.
- Petrel
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- spleen
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noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- pelter
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- splen-
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- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Pyrene
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noun,
a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
- pentyl
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adjective,
containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- nytril
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noun,
a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- repent
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adjective,
creeping.
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- sleety
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adjective,
of, relating to, or like sleet.
- preens
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noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitery
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noun,
a nightclub.
- tripes
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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.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- triple
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- 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;
- triply
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adverb,
to a triple number, measure, or degree.
- plyers
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noun,
plier.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- enter-
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- tilery
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- tiepin
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- teensy
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adjective,
teeny; tiny.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- pistil
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noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- pitier
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noun,
a person who pities.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- pities
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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:
- inlier
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- sleepy
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adjective,
ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- Pitris
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noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- eyepit
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noun,
eye socket.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- septi-
-
- Plenty
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- stripe
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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:
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- instr.
-
- Iletin
-
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- stripy
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adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- penis
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pelts
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noun,
the act of pelting.
- Syene
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noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- seti-
-
- seepy
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adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- pene-
-
- Seine
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Sept.
-
- tiles
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noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Seely
-
adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- rept.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plyer
-
noun,
plier.
- Pliny
-
noun,
("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- rents
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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.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reni-
-
- 30-30
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- 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.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- pert.
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- petr-
-
- petri
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- resp.
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- 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.
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- styl-
-
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- step-
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- 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.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- intr.
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- 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.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Epist
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- 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.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- inst.
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insep
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- init.
-
- tele-
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- ility
-
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- lepsy
-
- 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.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- linty
-
adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- 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.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- lt-yr
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Epis.
-
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Syr.
-
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- ten.
-
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- syn-
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- repl
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Ste.
-
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- typ.
-
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tri-
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- rpt.
-
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- sepn
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- 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:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 1080
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lip-
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lys-
-
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- itis
-
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NYSE
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lyte
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- enl.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- Ens.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esp.
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- yrs.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- INRI
-
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- ile-
-
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- prs.
-
- prin
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- 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:
- PERL
-
- Pers
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- 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.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- per.
-
- pil-
-
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- 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.
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- 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.
- pyr-
-
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- pts.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- RPS
-
- ine
-
- eir
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- in.
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ILS
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- ILP
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- il-
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ise
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- IPS
-
- TSP
-
- STI
-
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- Ir.
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ipr
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- STL
-
- Re.
-
- STP
-
- 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.
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- en-
-
- PLR
-
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- ERT
-
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- ESR
-
- ene
-
- ery
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSE
-
- Ep.
-
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- pli
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- Tpr
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- TPN
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- TPI
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yer
-
- ier
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- pl.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ety
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- 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.
- Isl
-
- RTS
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- LPN
-
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SLP
-
- LSI
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- SLR
-
- nr.
-
- 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).
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- NYP
-
- LST
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Syl
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- 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:
- NES
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ltr
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- se-
-
- Sp.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ne-
-
- SLE
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Rs.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- prn
-
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- SPR
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Pr.
-
- Lt.
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- St.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- ity
-
- ite
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- 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:
- py-
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- lep
-
- 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.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- 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.
- R.
-
- RI
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ey
-
- EI
-
- TL
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TN
-
- TP
-
- NL
-
- RN
-
- ee
-
- ln
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- yr
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- IP
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- yl
-
- ly
-
- RP
-
- NP
-
- SN
-
- ye
-
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):
- YT
-
- Y.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ty
-
- i.
-
- S.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SL
-
- LR
-
- N.
-
- NI
-
- NY
-
- ry
-