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- appellors
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noun,
a person who prosecutes in an appellate proceeding.
- snap-roll
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noun,
a maneuver in which an airplane makes a rapid and complete revolution about its longitudinal axis while maintaining approximately level flight.
- pollster
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
- polentas
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- prolapse
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noun,
Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- plastron
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- psoralen
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noun,
a toxic substance, C 11 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pronates
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- propanes
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 8 , of the alkane series, occurring in petroleum and natural gas: used chiefly as a fuel and in organic synthesis.
- polleras
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noun,
a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Appleton
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noun,
Sir Edward Victor, 1892–1965, British physicist: Nobel Prize 1947.
- planters
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noun,
a person who plants.
- appellor
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noun,
a person who prosecutes in an appellate proceeding.
- personal
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noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- sapropel
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noun,
mud consisting chiefly of decomposed organic matter formed at the bottom of a stagnant sea or lake.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- rappels
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noun,
(in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- petrol.
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- stearo-
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- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- tollers
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noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- pollens
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noun,
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
- pollera
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noun,
a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- nappers
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noun,
a textile worker who naps cloth.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- Rosella
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noun,
any of several large, colorful parakeets of the genus Platycercus, of Australia.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- enrolls
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verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- poplars
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noun,
any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- pallets
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noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- 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.
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- arseno-
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- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- planter
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noun,
a person who plants.
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- stopple
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noun,
a stopper, especially for a bottle.
- espanol
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noun,
the Spanish language.
- snapper
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noun,
any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- stopper
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noun,
a person or thing that stops.
- stollen
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noun,
a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- sterno-
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- astrol.
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- propels
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verb (used with object),
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- lappers
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noun,
a person or thing that laps liquid.
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- lappets
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noun,
a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- laptops
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noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- polenta
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- loppers
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noun,
a person or thing that lops.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- propane
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 8 , of the alkane series, occurring in petroleum and natural gas: used chiefly as a fuel and in organic synthesis.
- Lepanto
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noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- leptons
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- paroles
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- transl.
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- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- transp.
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- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- spleno-
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- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- Allport
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noun,
Gordon W(illard) 1897–1967, U.S. psychologist and educator.
- Allston
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noun,
Washington, 1799–1843, U.S. painter, novelist, and poet.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- Parnell
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noun,
Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- antero-
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- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- pallors
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noun,
unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- topples
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verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- toppers
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noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- llanos
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noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- Pelops
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- lopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lops.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- pantos
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noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- pelota
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noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loaner
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- osteal
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adjective,
osseous.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- lorans
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noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- peplos
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noun,
a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- napper
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noun,
a textile worker who naps cloth.
- Lorena
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noun,
a female given name.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- penta-
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- panels
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noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- stroll
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noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- Naples
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noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- nappes
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noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pellas
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noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- sollar
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noun,
solar2 .
- parson
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noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- parton
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- paleo-
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- tapper
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noun,
a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.
- paleon
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- parpen
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noun,
perpend1 .
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- staple
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- patens
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pallor
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noun,
unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- pallet
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noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- patrol
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noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- Pellan
-
noun,
Alfred [French al-fred] /French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Canadian painter.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- splen-
-
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- solate
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- lapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that laps liquid.
- lepto-
-
- parole
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- lappet
-
noun,
a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- laptop
-
noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- Solera
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noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- patron
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noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Lepton
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- steno-
-
- lanose
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adjective,
lanate.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Ponape
-
noun,
an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- Pollen
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noun,
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- arsen-
-
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- allots
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- sapper
-
noun,
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- sapro-
-
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- trans.
-
- propel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- poplar
-
noun,
any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- topple
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Topper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- appels
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- appose
-
verb (used with object),
to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aleppo
-
noun,
a city in NW Syria.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- astro-
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tarso-
-
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- panto-
-
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- petro-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- rappel
-
noun,
(in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- rappen
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- aeron.
-
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- astron
-
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- plano-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- palps
-
noun,
a palpus.
- pant-
-
- ollas
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- resp.
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- palls
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- OPers
-
- oste-
-
- Salol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 13 H 10 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- rept.
-
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- pale-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- poet.
-
- popes
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- polls
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- plops
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- props
-
noun,
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rall.
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pleo-
-
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- plast
-
- pros.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- 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.
- Pres.
-
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- prep.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- prae-
-
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prop.
-
- post-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Port.
-
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- plan-
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- patr-
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- part.
-
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- paper
-
noun,
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- Papen
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- 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.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- peta-
-
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- pert.
-
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- pepos
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Pella
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- nears
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- 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.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tears
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- step-
-
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapps
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- lapel
-
noun,
either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- ster.
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- Srta.
-
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- allo-
-
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- treas
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- aero-
-
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- 30-30
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Appel
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- tera-
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- 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.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- 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.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arnel
-
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- areo-
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- appro
-
noun,
(of a purchase) approval:
- Apple
-
noun,
the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- SLAPP
-
noun,
Also called SLAPP suit. a civil lawsuit brought as an intimidation measure against an activist.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- sero-
-
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- naso-
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nappe
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- 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.
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- spall
-
noun,
a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- natl.
-
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- span-
-
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- PSAT
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- sepn
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- pts.
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tRNA
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rpt.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tron
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- top-
-
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Sat.
-
- prs.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- str.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- repl
-
- spp.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Rep.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- rel.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sol.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- RONA
-
- ter.
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Sra.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- soln
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- tel-
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 1080
-
- pro-
-
- Ens.
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ole-
-
- ELAS
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- opp.
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Ont.
-
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Lat.
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Lapp
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lea.
-
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- 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.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- neo-
-
- eso-
-
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- est.
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- pre-
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- per.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- pnea
-
- Pen.
-
- aet.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pol.
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- all-
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- aer-
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- plop
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- pat.
-
- Poll
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- 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.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Pet.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- ano-
-
- Pers
-
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- PERL
-
- art.
-
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- ant.
-
- 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.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pos.
-
- pop-
-
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- par.
-
- 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.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pot.
-
- PPLO
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Apr.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- apo-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- paps
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- 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.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- palp
-
noun,
a palpus.
- Pall
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- Pal.
-
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- app.
-
- appl
-
- Apps
-
noun,
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
- appt
-
- ETO
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSP
-
- STP
-
- TSE
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- trp
-
- STL
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ae.
-
- ap-
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- al.
-
- ETR
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ETS
-
- La.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Tro
-
- Ar.
-
- Lt.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- an.
-
- ase
-
- tra
-
- 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.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Apl
-
- 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.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- APS
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- at.
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- ast
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASR
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ESR
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ESL
-
- TAL
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- aor
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- EPS
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- eo-
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Sta
-
- ROP
-
- RPO
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- Rs.
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- pp.
-
- ROA
-
- Pr.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- RSA
-
- prn
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- 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.
- ONR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ons
-
- OPA
-
- St.
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- RSE
-
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RNA
-
- 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.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- prp
-
- PTP
-
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSE
-
- PSA
-
- POR
-
- Re.
-
- PPA
-
noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- PPE
-
- ppl
-
- ppr
-
- PPS
-
- PPT
-
- PRA
-
- PLR
-
- RPS
-
- Ps.
-
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- REA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- pl.
-
- 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.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PLA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- PLO
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- NPR
-
- SLA
-
- NOP
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SLE
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- 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
-
- LON
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SLP
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- SLR
-
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Lot
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noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- NEA
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- ne-
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SOP
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- LPN
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- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ltr
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- LTL
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- LTA
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- LST
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- ll.
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- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Npt
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SAR
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- Ola
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- Sr.
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- se-
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAP
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- nr.
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- spt
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- OSA
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- lep
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- Les
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- Sep
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noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- NRA
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- NSA
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- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- SPR
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- op.
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- LPS
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- RN
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- le
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- AO
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L2
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- R.
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- TP
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- L1
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- RO
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- ol
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- OA
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SL
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- SA
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- S.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- TL
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- TN
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- RP
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- NL
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- LR
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- SN
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- t.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NP
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- L.
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- ln
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