Anagrams of psalterium
Word psalterium has
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- septarium
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noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- prelatism
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noun,
prelacy; episcopacy.
- upstream
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adverb,
toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
- muralist
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noun,
an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- simulate
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adjective,
Archaic. simulated.
- tempuras
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noun,
seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
- septimal
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adjective,
of or based on the number seven.
- altruism
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noun,
the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism).
- templars
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- lempiras
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- tramples
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- staumrel
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noun,
a stupid person.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- ultraism
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noun,
extremism.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- Pulesati
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plural noun,
the ancient Assyrian name of the Philistines.
- apterium
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noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- impearls
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- primulas
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noun,
primrose (def 1).
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- palmers
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- Miletus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- misrule
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noun,
bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- Paestum
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noun,
an ancient coastal city of Lucania, in S Italy: the extant ruins include three Greek temples and a Roman amphitheater.
- muriate
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- trample
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- Rumelia
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noun,
a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Maurist
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noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- muletas
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noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- rumples
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noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- atriums
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noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- lumpers
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noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- matures
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adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- impales
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verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- imparts
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- impaste
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- impearl
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- Iapetus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
- impers.
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- impetus
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noun,
a moving force; impulse; stimulus:
- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- impulse
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noun,
the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.:
- imputes
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verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- superl.
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- Sumpter
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noun,
a packhorse or mule.
- suimate
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noun,
self-mate.
- simular
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noun,
a person or thing that simulates; pretender.
- lempira
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- tempura
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noun,
seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
- rimples
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Templar
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- Spirula
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noun,
any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- spurtle
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noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- stumper
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noun,
a person or thing that stumps.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- stamper
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- lampers
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noun,
lampas.
- stipule
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noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- parulis
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noun,
gumboil.
- sampler
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noun,
a person who samples.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- perusal
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noun,
a reading:
- prelims
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noun,
preliminary.
- ultimas
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noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- prelim.
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- uremias
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- plumate
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adjective,
resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- 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.
- Pilatus
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noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6998 feet (2130 meters).
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- uptimes
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noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- Piraeus
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noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- upraise
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- uptears
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verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- 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.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- upstair
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noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor:
- 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.
- Primula
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noun,
primrose (def 1).
- ampules
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noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- pulsate
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- Paulist
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noun,
a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- amulets
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noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- Pasteur
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- Pasture
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noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pastime
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noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- limpet
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- lemurs
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noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- spruit
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noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- letups
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noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- impart
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- spital
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noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- imparl
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verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- Lieut.
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- spirea
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spiral
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- situla
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noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- lipase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- sperm-
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- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- pulsar
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noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litmus
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noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- purism
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noun,
strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- impale
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verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- lumper
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noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Sparti
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Latium
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noun,
a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Superi
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plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- raptus
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noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- imper.
-
- Sumter
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noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- super-
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- Primus
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noun,
Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- stumer
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noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- primes
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- supra-
-
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- impute
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verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- impure
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adjective,
not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
- primal
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adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Laurie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- pleur-
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- pleura
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- 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.
- larums
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noun,
alarum.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- plumes
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noun,
a feather.
- impels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- mailes
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noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Struma
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noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- 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.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- murals
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noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- multi-
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- mulier
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noun,
a woman or wife.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- muleta
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noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Persia
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noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- salute
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noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- samlet
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noun,
a young salmon.
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Muriel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Musial
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noun,
Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Pamirs
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noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- ritual
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- patri-
-
- rutile
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Palmer
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- Paiute
-
noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- permit
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noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- rumple
-
noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- muster
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noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- Samuel
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noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- matri-
-
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- Maseru
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- simple
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- plasm-
-
- Marius
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noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- milpas
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- pileum
-
noun,
the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- septi-
-
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- septum
-
noun,
a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
- metal.
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- amulet
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- 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.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- umpire
-
noun,
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- trumps
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- ultra-
-
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- AmerSp
-
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Umtali
-
noun,
former name of Mutare.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- uptime
-
noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Ultima
-
noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- tampur
-
noun,
tambura.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- austr-
-
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- ampule
-
noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- 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.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tumps
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- rumps
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- pale-
-
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- pari-
-
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- Parl.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- part.
-
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- trump
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- arium
-
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- semi-
-
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Sept.
-
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- mural
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- treas
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- MPers
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- peri-
-
- patr-
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- 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.
-
- prem.
-
- 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.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prae-
-
- plur.
-
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Plume
-
noun,
a feather.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- plat.
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- pumas
-
noun,
cougar.
- 30-30
-
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- USLTA
-
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- Prus.
-
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- aeri-
-
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- prim.
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- petri
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- peta-
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- pert.
-
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- 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.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Pauli
-
noun,
Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- rept.
-
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- plast
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Reaum
-
- alti-
-
- Amer.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- pilum
-
noun,
a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- pilau
-
noun,
pilaf.
- alum.
-
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- meta-
-
- astr.
-
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- ster.
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- 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.
- 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.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- step-
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Slump
-
noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- stump
-
noun,
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- lumps
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Purim
-
noun,
a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- Ital.
-
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- emuls
-
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- larum
-
noun,
alarum.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Epis.
-
- Epist
-
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- 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:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- 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.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- mast-
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- term.
-
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- tera-
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Supt.
-
- 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.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- seti-
-
- Melia
-
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- matr-
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Aust.
-
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- IATSE
-
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- temp.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- 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.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- male-
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- 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.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- USIA
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- 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.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- uret
-
- sur-
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- uria
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- purs
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- USMA
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- str.
-
- Ste.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- supr
-
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- USAR
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rel.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- tri-
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- 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.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- Saml
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sem.
-
- 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.
- ter.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- saur
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- taur
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- 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.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Tasm
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- repl
-
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- Rep.
-
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- 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.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rpt.
-
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tues
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- SMTP
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- tel-
-
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- 1080
-
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- lip-
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- met.
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- MEPA
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- meas
-
- mil.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- MILR
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MIPS
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- MALS
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ire.
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- 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.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- amus
-
- 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.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apr.
-
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- AMLS
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- amp.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- art.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emp.
-
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esp.
-
- emia
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Imp.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ASME
-
- Aus.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- atm.
-
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aur-
-
- aut-
-
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- 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.
- 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.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- mus.
-
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- pil-
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- mult
-
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- prs.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- PSAT
-
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- pts.
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- psia
-
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pre-
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Pal.
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- pat.
-
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- 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.
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- pam.
-
- Pet.
-
- PERL
-
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pers
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- 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.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSIE
-
- MSPE
-
- MSAE
-
- per.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- TPM
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PLA
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TPI
-
- tlr
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- pl.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- ATP
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- 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.
- MIT
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EPT
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EPS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ESL
-
- 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.
- EMT
-
- 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.
- ea.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TIA
-
- EAM
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- eir
-
- EMR
-
- EIS
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- tr.
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- Tpr
-
- PMT
-
- tra
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ur-
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- ALM
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMA
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- UPI
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RPS
-
- up-
-
- ALU
-
- UMT
-
- AME
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- ult
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- uti
-
- Am.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ap-
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USR
-
- USP
-
- USM
-
- al.
-
- Ar.
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ae.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- ure
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- pli
-
- ARU
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- trp
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PRA
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- 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.
- ase
-
- TSP
-
- ASI
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- ASM
-
- PLR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- REA
-
- ASU
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UIT
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- AMS
-
- AMU
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Tu.
-
- PSE
-
- 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.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- PSA
-
- Apl
-
- APS
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- tue
-
- ESR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ESU
-
- SLR
-
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- SMA
-
- ltr
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- SLP
-
- lpm
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- SLE
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SLA
-
- Sp.
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LMT
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Les
-
- rt.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- rte
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- SPR
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Pr.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- pm.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- SAE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- MLS
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MRA
-
- MIE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- MLR
-
- SAR
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- MIP
-
- MLA
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ml.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- mi.
-
- MRE
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- MTI
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- MUP
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MTS
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MTP
-
- Mt.
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MSA
-
- MEP
-
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- spt
-
- LIM
-
- lep
-
- ise
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Isl
-
- IPS
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ipr
-
- IUS
-
- ial
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- eu-
-
- se-
-
- TAL
-
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- IAS
-
- IPM
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- IPA
-
- ium
-
- uts
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- St.
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- STI
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- LAP
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noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lt.
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- La.
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- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- STM
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- Sta
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- STL
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- RSE
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- RSA
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- STP
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- Rs.
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- Sr.
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- RPM
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- RP
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- TM
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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.
- IP
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TL
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TP
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- i.
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- t.
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- le
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RU
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- R.
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- UI
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- MP
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- UL
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- M.
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- U.
-
- L.
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- SA
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- SL
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- PU
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- S.
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- SM
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SU
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LR
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- L1
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- RI
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- L2
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- LM
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.