Anagrams of pterocarpous
Word pterocarpous has
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- praepostor
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noun,
a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.
- part-score
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noun,
a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game:
- carpospore
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noun,
a nonmotile spore of the red algae.
- prosecutor
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noun,
Law.
prosecuting attorney.
a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- tropopause
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noun,
the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- cartopper
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noun,
a small, open boat that can be carried atop an automobile.
- spaceport
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noun,
a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- acrospore
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noun,
a spore borne at the tip of a sporophore, as a basidiospore.
- superport
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noun,
a deepwater port, often one built offshore, capable of accommodating very large ships, especially supertankers of 100,000 tons or more.
- corporate
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noun,
a bond issued by a corporation.
- prosector
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noun,
a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- supporter
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noun,
a person or thing that supports.
- sporocarp
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noun,
(in higher fungi, lichens, and red algae) a multicellular structure in which spores form; a fruiting body.
- pterosaur
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noun,
any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- prosateur
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noun,
a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- Eurocrat
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noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- spectro-
-
- saucepot
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noun,
a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- outcrops
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noun,
Geology.
a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth.
the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- procures
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verb (used with object),
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- purports
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noun,
the meaning, import, or sense:
- touracos
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noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- paste-up
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noun,
mechanical (def 14).
- copperas
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noun,
ferrous sulfate.
- sororate
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noun,
subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- apocopes
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noun,
loss or omission of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
- troopers
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- operator
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noun,
a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like:
- procarps
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noun,
(in red algae) a carpogonium with its associated cells.
- scrapper
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noun,
a person who removes or does away with scraps.
- carports
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- pea-soup
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noun,
a thick soup made from split peas.
- apterous
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adjective,
Zoology. wingless, as some insects.
- protero-
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- crappers
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noun,
a toilet.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- troupers
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- poaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- cruppers
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noun,
a leather strap fastened to the saddle of a harness and looping under the tail of a horse to prevent the harness from slipping forward.
- outpaces
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- curators
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noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- corrupts
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adjective,
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- captures
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- prospect
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noun,
Usually, prospects.
an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc.
the outlook for the future:
- rapports
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noun,
relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation:
- stropper
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noun,
a person who strops.
- strapper
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noun,
a person or thing that straps.
- proctors
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noun,
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- Prospero
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's The Tempest) the exiled Duke of Milan, who is a magician.
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- parrots
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- scarper
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verb (used without object),
to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
- papoose
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noun,
a North American Indian baby or young child.
- recoups
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noun,
an act of recouping.
- carpous
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- carters
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cappers
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noun,
a person or thing that caps.
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- porrect
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adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- rouster
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- routers
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- torpors
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noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- capture
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- parures
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noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- Sapporo
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noun,
a city on W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- pectous
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of pectin or protopectin.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carport
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- 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.
- Pasteur
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- scauper
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- outcrop
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noun,
Geology.
a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth.
the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- scorper
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noun,
scauper.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- stopper
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noun,
a person or thing that stops.
- corpora
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noun,
a plural of corpus.
- support
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noun,
the act or an instance of supporting.
- corresp
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- corrupt
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adjective,
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
- curator
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noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- curares
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noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- stearo-
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- teacups
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noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- surcoat
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- crupper
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noun,
a leather strap fastened to the saddle of a harness and looping under the tail of a horse to prevent the harness from slipping forward.
- courser
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noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- cropper
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noun,
a person or thing that crops.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- crapper
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noun,
a toilet.
- step-up
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noun,
an increase or rise in the rate or quantity of something.
- cop-out
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noun,
an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion:
- outsoar
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verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- scupper
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noun,
Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges.
Compare freeing port.
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- outpace
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- toppers
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noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- scourer
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noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- scraper
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noun,
a person or thing that scrapes.
- cerato-
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- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- octopus
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noun,
any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- coopers
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- toecaps
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- touraco
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noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- paupers
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noun,
a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- prorate
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- Prosper
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to make successful or fortunate.
- trouser
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noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- trouper
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- propose
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verb (used with object),
to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action:
- raptors
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noun,
a raptorial bird.
- tropous
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- propers
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a special office or special parts of an office appointed for a particular day or time.
- procure
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verb (used with object),
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- Proctor
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noun,
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- procto-
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- procarp
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noun,
(in red algae) a carpogonium with its associated cells.
- acerous
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adjective,
acerose1 .
- rapture
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noun,
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- apropos
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Idioms,
apropos of, with reference to; in respect or regard to:
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- purpose
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noun,
the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- uproars
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noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- uprears
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- purport
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noun,
the meaning, import, or sense:
- purpart
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noun,
a purparty.
- pupates
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verb (used without object),
to become a pupa.
- apocope
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noun,
loss or omission of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- pterous
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- uptears
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verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- 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.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- rootcap
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noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- rappers
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noun,
a person or thing that raps or knocks.
- rapport
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noun,
relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation:
- turacos
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noun,
touraco.
- trooper
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- acetous
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adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- uproots
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verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- Austro-
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- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- Atropos
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noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- trapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that traps.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- Rotorua
-
noun,
a city on N central North Island, in New Zealand.
- pouters
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- precuts
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- croups
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- rapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that raps or knocks.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- spruce
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noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- eroto-
-
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- recoup
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Escaut
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noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- Curare
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noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- stupor
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noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- report
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- cupro-
-
- cupper
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noun,
a person who performs the procedure of cupping.
- curate
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- rasper
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noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- cuppas
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noun,
a cup of tea.
- recurs
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verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cursor
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noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- supra-
-
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- tapper
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noun,
a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- scoto-
-
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- rectos
-
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- supper
-
noun,
the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day.
- cruors
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- super-
-
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- retro-
-
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pauper
-
noun,
a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- sarco-
-
- sapro-
-
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- petro-
-
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- porous
-
adjective,
full of pores.
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Rupert
-
noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- sacro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- sapper
-
noun,
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- parure
-
noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- Europa
-
noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- purser
-
noun,
an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- sporo-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- pupate
-
verb (used without object),
to become a pupa.
- opacus
-
adjective,
(of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- ptero-
-
- oppose
-
verb (used with object),
to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- 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.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- osteo-
-
- parous
-
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- proper
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a special office or special parts of an office appointed for a particular day or time.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- scato-
-
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- propr.
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- proto-
-
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- treasr
-
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- astro-
-
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copper
-
noun,
a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- copro-
-
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- tropo-
-
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- troppo
-
adverb,
too much; excessively.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- turco-
-
- appose
-
verb (used with object),
to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
- upcast
-
noun,
an act of casting upward.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- corpus
-
noun,
a large or complete collection of writings:
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- catsup
-
noun,
ketchup.
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- Topper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- carpo-
-
- cerat-
-
- austr-
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- torpor
-
noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- capper
-
noun,
a person or thing that caps.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- aceous
-
- tauro-
-
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- tarso-
-
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- coupes
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- uproot
-
verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- uproar
-
noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- costo-
-
- uprear
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- teacup
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- aceto-
-
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- uppers
-
noun,
the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- utero-
-
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- pepos
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- acpt.
-
- caps.
-
- pert.
-
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Capt.
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- poet.
-
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- popes
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- poops
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- peta-
-
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- acro-
-
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- 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.
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- pupas
-
noun,
an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- sarc-
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rears
-
- part.
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- rect.
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 30-30
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- carp-
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- acet-
-
- Port.
-
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- patr-
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rcpt.
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- auto.
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- resp.
-
- pros.
-
- purrs
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- props
-
noun,
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- restr
-
- prop.
-
- asco-
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- aero-
-
- proc.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- areo-
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- upper
-
noun,
the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
- Apoc.
-
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- appro
-
noun,
(of a purchase) approval:
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- Prus.
-
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- pret.
-
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- prae-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Aust.
-
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- actos
-
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- post-
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- treas
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- astr.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- prep.
-
- rept.
-
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- ster.
-
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Srta.
-
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- step-
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- terr.
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- tera-
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Ecua.
-
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- recpt
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- spor-
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- 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.
- spec.
-
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Euro-
-
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- ecto-
-
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- 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.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- cores
-
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corp.
-
- supp.
-
- Suppe
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1819–95, Austrian composer.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corr.
-
- cuppa
-
noun,
a cup of tea.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Supt.
-
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- tears
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- coop.
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- oste-
-
- Scot.
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Sept.
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- sero-
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- opto-
-
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- sect.
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- cert.
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cero-
-
- topo-
-
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Oruro
-
noun,
a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3660 meters) high.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- caus.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- scat-
-
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- octo-
-
- octa-
-
- paper
-
noun,
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- OPers
-
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- scr.
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- 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.
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- sur-
-
- 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.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- ter.
-
- USTC
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- uro-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- uret
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Rep.
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- USAR
-
- saur
-
- USCA
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- taur
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repr
-
- USPO
-
- USRC
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- top-
-
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sra.
-
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- spp.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- SPCA
-
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- 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.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Sat.
-
- supr
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Ste.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rpt.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Rus.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- Tues
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- str.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- CAPP
-
noun,
Al (Alfred Gerald Caplin) 1909–79, U.S. comic-strip artist: creator of “Li'l Abner.”.
- oto-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- oro-
-
- cap.
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- aur-
-
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- opp.
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- pct.
-
- art.
-
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- asc-
-
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- par.
-
- paps
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- cur.
-
- ates
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- eco-
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- eous
-
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- 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.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- eso-
-
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- OAPC
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Oct.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Ceto
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cort
-
- Eur.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- 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.
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- 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.
- prs.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- apo-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- app.
-
- Apps
-
noun,
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pot.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- pop-
-
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- aet.
-
- psec
-
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- acr-
-
- aer-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- purs
-
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- pupa
-
noun,
an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Poop
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Pers
-
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- per.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pet.
-
- Apr.
-
- appt
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- 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.
- arr.
-
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- trp
-
- USO
-
- AUC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CPU
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ase
-
- USP
-
- CPS
-
- TCA
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ACP
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CPA
-
- cr.
-
- CRP
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ap-
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ac-
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- ARU
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CRS
-
- CSO
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- CSA
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Ar.
-
- ACS
-
- 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.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRT
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- USR
-
- TCS
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- 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.
- up-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- Tu.
-
- ATP
-
- APC
-
- tue
-
- 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.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- UPC
-
- UCR
-
- CEO
-
- APS
-
- tra
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- UAE
-
- UAR
-
- ca.
-
- ct.
-
- Co.
-
- cs.
-
- USA
-
- CEA
-
- ARS
-
- ure
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- cp.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- TSE
-
- ur-
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- TSP
-
- ASR
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ast
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASU
-
- Tro
-
- aor
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- AOU
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- spt
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Sp.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- SAR
-
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- PCS
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- RPO
-
- Pa.
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SCP
-
- CSR
-
- pc.
-
- sc.
-
- pp.
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Rs.
-
- POA
-
- ose
-
- RCS
-
- PUP
-
noun,
a young dog; puppy.
- ROA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RCP
-
- Re.
-
- PUC
-
- RPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- POC
-
- PRA
-
- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POR
-
- PPA
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noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- PPC
-
- PPE
-
- ppr
-
- PPS
-
- PPT
-
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- PTP
-
- PRC
-
- prp
-
- PSA
-
- ROP
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- OSO
-
- uts
-
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.
- se-
-
- ETO
-
- ESR
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ESU
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- SPR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ETR
-
- Esc
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- 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.
- Oc.
-
- ea.
-
- op.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Sr.
-
- St.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EPA
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- STP
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPS
-
- Sta
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- OTC
-
- OSA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OPA
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- 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).
- 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.
- eo-
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OOT
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OCS
-
- OAO
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- OEO
-
- oo-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- 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.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- R.
-
- SU
-
- RC
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CU
-
- T1
-
- AO
-
- t.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RP
-
- RO
-
- SA
-
- CE
-
- TP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OA
-
- S.
-
- PU
-
- RU
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- U.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- UC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.