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Word pterodactyls has
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- pterodactyl
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noun,
any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- tetrapods
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noun,
any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
- pectorals
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- road-test
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noun,
a check of an automobile's performance in actual operation on the road.
- cold-type
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noun,
type set by a method other than the casting of molten metal, as text composed on a typewriter and photographed.
- topcastle
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noun,
a large fighting top used in medieval ships.
- clepsydra
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noun,
an ancient device for measuring time by the regulated flow of water or mercury through a small aperture.
- astrocyte
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noun,
a star-shaped neuroglial cell of ectodermal origin.
- Spectator
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noun,
a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- type-cast
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adjective,
(of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- petalody
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noun,
a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- psaltery
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noun,
an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- typecast
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adjective,
(of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
- tetrapod
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noun,
any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
- copyread
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verb (used with object),
to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- strepto-
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- protects
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- cryostat
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noun,
an apparatus, usually automatic, maintaining a very low constant temperature.
- pyrostat
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noun,
a thermostat for high temperatures.
- dactylo-
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- red-clay
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noun,
a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- redcoats
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- tapestry
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noun,
a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- caloyers
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noun,
a monk of the Eastern Church.
- caltrops
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- artotype
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noun,
collotype.
- prattles
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noun,
the act of prattling.
- calottes
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noun,
zucchetto.
- partlets
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noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- parclose
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noun,
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- pedocals
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noun,
a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
- paletots
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noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- cytaster
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noun,
aster.
- prostyle
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adjective,
(of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- Prescott
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noun,
Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- clatters
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noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- calotype
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noun,
an early negative-positive photographic process, patented by William Henry Talbot in 1841, in which a paper negative is produced and then used to make a positive contact print in sunlight.
- lodestar
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noun,
a star that shows the way.
- postdate
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verb (used with object),
to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postcard
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noun,
Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- prostate
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noun,
prostate gland.
- decrypts
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verb (used with object),
to decode or decipher.
- dry-salt
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verb (used with object),
to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- tadpoles
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noun,
the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.
- detracts
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verb (used with object),
to draw away or divert; distract:
- scorepad
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noun,
a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- droplets
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noun,
a little drop.
- polecats
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectro-
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- leotards
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noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- splatter
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noun,
an act or instance of splattering.
- sprattle
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noun,
a struggle; fight.
- acolytes
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noun,
an altar attendant in public worship.
- lottery
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noun,
a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.
- rotates
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adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- parleys
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noun,
a discussion or conference.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- cerato-
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- lactose
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- departs
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noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- teapots
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noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- teapoys
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noun,
a small three-legged table or stand.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- cypsela
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noun,
an achene with an adherent calyx, as in the composite plants.
- droplet
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noun,
a little drop.
- Rosetta
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noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- cattery
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noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- paletot
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noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- prelacy
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noun,
the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- spatter
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noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- clatter
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noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- dottles
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noun,
the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking.
- decrypt
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verb (used with object),
to decode or decipher.
- clyster
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noun,
an enema.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- paroles
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Telstar
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- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Sectary
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noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- Calypso
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noun,
Also, Kalypso. Classical Mythology. a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years.
- caloyer
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noun,
a monk of the Eastern Church.
- yatters
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noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- scatter
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- 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.
- calotte
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noun,
zucchetto.
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- tetrads
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noun,
a group of four.
- caltrop
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caplets
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- parsley
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noun,
an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food.
Compare parsley family.
- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- testacy
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noun,
the state of being testate.
- prattle
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noun,
the act of prattling.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- settlor
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noun,
a person who makes a settlement of property.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- sarcode
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noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- slotter
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noun,
a person or thing that slots.
- Lacoste
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noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- Partlet
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noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- deploys
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verb (used with object),
Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- Crystal
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noun,
a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- costate
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adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- cotypes
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noun,
a syntype.
- cotters
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- cradles
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- strato-
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- detract
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verb (used with object),
to draw away or divert; distract:
- crypto-
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- cryptos
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noun,
a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.
- destroy
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- tadpole
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noun,
the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.
- stylate
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adjective,
having a style.
- redacts
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- loaders
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noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- redcaps
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noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- deposal
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noun,
an act of deposing.
- redcoat
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- deports
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verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- steato-
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- stearo-
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- dartles
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- redtops
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- costard
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noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- patters
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noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- replays
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noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- tapster
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noun,
a bartender.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- protect
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- leopard
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noun,
a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- leotard
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noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- Loretta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- protest
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noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- leprosy
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noun,
a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- ordeals
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noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- pteryla
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noun,
one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- 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.
- spotted
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noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spotter
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noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- stately
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adverb,
in a stately manner.
- Taylors
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noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- cordate
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adjective,
heart-shaped:
- oldster
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noun,
an old or elderly person.
- Coryate
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noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- sclero-
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- tetryls
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noun,
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 7 H 5 N 5 O 8 , used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.
- placets
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noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- pedlary
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noun,
peddlery.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- try-pot
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noun,
See under tryworks.
- torsade
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- petrol.
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- plotter
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noun,
a person or thing that plots.
- toecaps
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- polders
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noun,
a tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes.
- pottles
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noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- placers
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- pedlars
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noun,
peddler.
- trotyls
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noun,
TNT.
- placode
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noun,
a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pedocal
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noun,
a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
- acolyte
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noun,
an altar attendant in public worship.
- pottery
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noun,
ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
- polecat
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- podesta
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noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- Platter
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noun,
a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- toaster
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- petards
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noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- Toltecs
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noun,
a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
- astrol.
-
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- Pylades
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noun,
a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- rattly
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adjective,
tending to rattle; making or having a rattling sound.
- rattle
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- tortes
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noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- cotype
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noun,
a syntype.
- portal
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noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- spacey
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adjective,
spaced-out (def 2).
- costly
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adjective,
costing much; expensive; high in price:
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Cotter
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- octads
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noun,
a group or series of eight.
- cresol
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- cresyl
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adjective,
tolyl.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- acetyl
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adjective,
containing the acetyl group.
- credos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- L-dopa
-
noun,
Pharmacology. levodopa.
- creasy
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adjective,
full of creases.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- drapes
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noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- rotate
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adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- octets
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noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Alecto
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noun,
one of the Furies.
- plyers
-
noun,
plier.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- latest
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Odetta
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noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- portly
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adjective,
rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- sacro-
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- solder
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noun,
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- oracle
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noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Copley
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noun,
John Singleton [sing-guh l-tuh n] /ˈsɪŋ gəl tən/ (Show IPA), 1738–1815, U.S. painter.
- petro-
-
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- sacred
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adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- ptero-
-
- copals
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noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- solate
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- layers
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- lyrate
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adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- ordeal
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noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- dropsy
-
noun,
(formerly) edema.
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- sotted
-
adjective,
drunken; besotted.
- 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.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- lapsed
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sorely
-
adverb,
in a painful manner.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Corday
-
noun,
Charlotte (Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont) 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- crypt-
-
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- deploy
-
verb (used with object),
Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- adopts
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- plated
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- delays
-
noun,
the act of delaying; procrastination; loitering.
- lepto-
-
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- replay
-
noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- dopers
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- plasty
-
- pleads
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- decays
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- sporty
-
adjective,
flashy; showy.
- Platte
-
noun,
a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- lysate
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- spotty
-
adjective,
full of, having, or occurring in spots:
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- lyttas
-
noun,
a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- treaty
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- platys
-
noun,
platyfish.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- descry
-
verb (used with object),
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy:
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- platy-
-
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- repays
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- stylar
-
adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- rectos
-
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- stylet
-
noun,
a stiletto or dagger.
- stylo-
-
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- redcap
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- dottle
-
noun,
the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- aceto-
-
- alders
-
- cryst.
-
- crypts
-
noun,
a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Dorsey
-
noun,
Tommy, 1905–56, U.S. jazz trombonist and bandleader.
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- Dorpat
-
noun,
German name of Tartu.
- royals
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- stated
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- dorsal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- Player
-
noun,
a person or thing that plays.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- Steady
-
noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- cerat-
-
- poetry
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- scato-
-
- celto-
-
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- pastry
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- Parley
-
noun,
a discussion or conference.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- plotty
-
adjective,
characterized by the intricacies or complications of a plot or intrigue:
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- paleo-
-
- caplet
-
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- cysto-
-
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- paltry
-
adjective,
ridiculously or insultingly small:
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- cyders
-
noun,
cider.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- teapoy
-
noun,
a small three-legged table or stand.
- pedros
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- scatty
-
adjective,
scatterbrained.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- yodels
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- caryo-
-
- terat-
-
- astro-
-
- 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.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- partly
-
adverb,
in part; to some extent or degree; partially; not wholly:
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- toasty
-
adjective,
comfortably or cozily warm.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- parody
-
noun,
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing:
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- todays
-
noun,
this present day:
- cattle
-
noun,
bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- pedlar
-
noun,
peddler.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- trotyl
-
noun,
TNT.
- 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.
- pedals
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- 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.
- 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.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- cytost
-
noun,
any cellular substance liberated because of injury to the cell or cells.
- clado-
-
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- clotty
-
adjective,
full of clots.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- yatter
-
noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- 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.
- sapro-
-
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- tarso-
-
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- pretty
-
noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- pattle
-
noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- lacto-
-
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- Osprey
-
noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- tetryl
-
noun,
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 7 H 5 N 5 O 8 , used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Toltec
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- sarco-
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scler-
-
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- tetrad
-
noun,
a group of four.
- potted
-
noun,
a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- tetra-
-
- peltry
-
noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- yclept
-
verb,
a past participle of clepe.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- paedo-
-
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- yodles
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- polder
-
noun,
a tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- 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.
- calory
-
noun,
calorie.
- Scotty
-
noun,
(often lowercase) Informal. a Scot; Scotsman or Scotswoman.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Cleary
-
noun,
Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- pottle
-
noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- pearly
-
adjective,
like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous:
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- lepsy
-
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- lyard
-
adjective,
streaked or spotted with gray or white.
- 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.
- plead
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- yclad
-
verb,
past participle of clothe.
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- lardy
-
adjective,
like or consisting of lard:
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- YPSCE
-
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- 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.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- sarc-
-
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Lacey
-
noun,
a town in W Washington.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- plods
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- lact-
-
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- yodle
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- scat-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- pleo-
-
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- plyer
-
noun,
plier.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- Yetta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- yetts
-
noun,
gate.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- leady
-
adjective,
like lead; leaden.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- scaly
-
adjective,
covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- 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.
- yodel
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- latry
-
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- retd.
-
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- pret.
-
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Percy
-
noun,
Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- Pres.
-
- payt.
-
- pale-
-
- Paley
-
noun,
Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- 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.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- oste-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- peta-
-
- Prot.
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- 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.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- proc.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- pert.
-
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- prod.
-
- palsy
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- pedo-
-
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- pated
-
- 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.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peaty
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- patr-
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- prae-
-
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Patsy
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pred.
-
- part.
-
- pardy
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Parl.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- pedal
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- potty
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- 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.
- pasty
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- post-
-
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lt-yr
-
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- plays
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- redly
-
adverb,
with a red color or glow:
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- plast
-
- poly-
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- resp.
-
- lyso-
-
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- rept.
-
- lytta
-
noun,
a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- plat.
-
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- 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.
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- 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.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rayed
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Petty
-
noun,
Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- OPers
-
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- pyro-
-
- Port.
-
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Ready
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octa-
-
- Patty
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- rcpt.
-
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- odyls
-
noun,
od.
- ratty
-
adjective,
full of rats.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Pylos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- poet.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- atopy
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- toady
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- cores
-
- astr.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- corp.
-
- Corpl
-
- 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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- today
-
noun,
this present day:
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- 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.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- atty.
-
- typo-
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- atto-
-
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- atory
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- step-
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- styl-
-
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- ster.
-
- Daley
-
noun,
Richard J(oseph) 1902–76, U.S. politician: mayor of Chicago 1955–76.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Card.
-
- areo-
-
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- darts
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- 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.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- 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.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- 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.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- asco-
-
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cryo-
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- coel-
-
- 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.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- telo-
-
- testy
-
adjective,
irritably impatient; touchy.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- 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.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- tears
-
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Catty
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- 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.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Capt.
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carp-
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- caps.
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tera-
-
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- 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.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cyder
-
noun,
cider.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- cloys
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- typal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting a type.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- 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.
- coaly
-
adjective,
of, resembling, or containing coal.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Clyde
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a stupid, inept, or boorish person.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- tardy
-
adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Cypro
-
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- cyst-
-
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cyto-
-
- cytol
-
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- tasty
-
adjective,
good-tasting; savory:
- tarty
-
adjective,
tart; somewhat sour.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clary
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clase
-
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- aero-
-
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adopt
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- treas
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- soapy
-
adjective,
containing or impregnated with soap:
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecol.
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- ecto-
-
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- drays
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- stat.
-
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Alcor
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- Dryas
-
noun,
any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- actos
-
- Alyce
-
noun,
a female given name.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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.
- tropy
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sect.
-
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- 30-30
-
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Scot.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scopy
-
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- sloyd
-
noun,
a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- acro-
-
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- acpt.
-
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- sero-
-
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- tryst
-
noun,
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- acyls
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- acet-
-
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- trop-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- 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.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Doyle
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Conan [kaw-nuh n,, koh-] /ˈkɔ nən,, ˈkoʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1859–1930, British physician, novelist, and detective-story writer.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- decry
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- alto-
-
- 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.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- decoy
-
noun,
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- spor-
-
- decl.
-
- Dotty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- decyl
-
noun,
a group of isomeric univalent radicals, C 10 H 21 , derived from the decanes by removing one hydrogen atom.
- Apoc.
-
- dept.
-
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- desc.
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Srta.
-
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- delay
-
noun,
the act of delaying; procrastination; loitering.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- dorty
-
adjective,
sullen; sulky.
- Deary
-
noun,
darling.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- deca-
-
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- spec.
-
- 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.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- splad
-
noun,
splat1 (def 1).
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- dopas
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- dopey
-
adjective,
stupid; inane:
- splay
-
noun,
Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- 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.
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- pot.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- top-
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- pos.
-
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- typ.
-
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- TODS
-
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- tody
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- rpt.
-
- std.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- 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.
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- SPCA
-
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Syr.
-
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- secy
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scr.
-
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Sol.
-
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- 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.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sld.
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- 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.
- pre-
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- prs.
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- PSAT
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- psec
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- 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.
- PTSD
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rad.
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- ter.
-
- prec
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- TDRS
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- pro-
-
- 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.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Rep.
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Ste.
-
- rel.
-
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- repl
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Sra.
-
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rcd.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- RdAc
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- str.
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- 1080
-
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Lady
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- cloy
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- clep
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- cyte
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Ceto
-
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- yeld
-
adjective,
barren; sterile.
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- coly
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- yett
-
noun,
gate.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- yrs.
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- cyl.
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- copy
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- 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.
- 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.
- cap.
-
- cat.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Cal.
-
- lys-
-
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- lyte
-
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cels
-
- cet-
-
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- 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.
- 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.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- der.
-
- depr
-
- dep.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- dely
-
- Del.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- dat.
-
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- dlr.
-
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dpt.
-
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dys-
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- eco-
-
- Cor.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- est.
-
- cpd.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Esd.
-
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- Cort
-
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- ect-
-
- ELAS
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Daly
-
noun,
(John) Augustin [aw-guhs-tin] /ɔˈgʌs tɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–99, U.S. playwright, critic, and theatrical manager.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- EDTA
-
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- crat
-
- poda
-
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Cres
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Cdr.
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- alt.
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- pct.
-
- opsy
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ACLS
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- 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.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- 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.
- OPer
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- 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.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Apr.
-
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- apo-
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- OECD
-
- pays
-
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- par.
-
- paly
-
adjective,
pale.
- aet.
-
- Pal.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- OSRD
-
- aer-
-
- PAYE
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Ald.
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- patd
-
- Alco
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ord.
-
- pat.
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- 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.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- acr-
-
- 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.
- oldy
-
noun,
oldie.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- OAPC
-
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- pyo-
-
- ped.
-
- pyr-
-
- ates
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- ator
-
- play
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Ltd.
-
- pled
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- ploy
-
noun,
a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lory
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- att.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- asc-
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- art.
-
- per.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- peds
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Oct.
-
- odyl
-
noun,
od.
- Pet.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- TTY
-
- CTA
-
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- DSO
-
- CSR
-
- STL
-
- DOA
-
- cte
-
- do.
-
- acy
-
- TSP
-
- DCL
-
- 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.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- DSC
-
- DAE
-
- DLO
-
- Tro
-
- St.
-
- Ar.
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Sr.
-
- DCS
-
- spt
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- de-
-
- Sta
-
- DEA
-
- DAR
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- al.
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- ACP
-
- DET
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- DLC
-
- ap-
-
- CST
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- CSO
-
- ase
-
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- CED
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- CEA
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- CYO
-
- TDY
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- 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.
- ast
-
- CDT
-
- cle
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- cl.
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Co.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- at.
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- ATC
-
- DLS
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ard
-
- CSA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- tr.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- tra
-
- CPA
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- CPL
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- AEC
-
- Tpr
-
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- CRP
-
- STP
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- ACS
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Clo
-
- APS
-
- CLR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Apl
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- APC
-
- aor
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- TAL
-
- ALC
-
- ays
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- tpd
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- SPR
-
- OSD
-
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSC
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Oc.
-
- OED
-
- op.
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- LOC
-
- OCS
-
- RDA
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- RDC
-
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- OCR
-
- OAP
-
- OCD
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RCA
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- LCT
-
- Ld.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- LDC
-
- LDP
-
- ROP
-
- 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.
- Les
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RLD
-
- ROA
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- RCT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- sd.
-
- PDT
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- pd.
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PRC
-
- PCS
-
- PDL
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ote
-
- PLA
-
- POC
-
- POA
-
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- PLC
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PRA
-
- POR
-
- pl.
-
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- py-
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- OTS
-
- OTA
-
- ODT
-
- Re.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OPA
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- 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:
- RPS
-
- RCS
-
- ot-
-
- PSC
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- PSA
-
- ory
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- PSE
-
- RCP
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- PTT
-
- Rd.
-
- RTS
-
- LCD
-
- TTS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EDP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- SLE
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- SLA
-
- Syl
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ery
-
- EDC
-
- ESL
-
- ety
-
- SDA
-
- SDR
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ESR
-
- ESA
-
- 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).
- SED
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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.
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ETR
-
- DST
-
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DPA
-
- DPC
-
- DPS
-
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- DSA
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- DSP
-
- DSR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- eo-
-
- ed.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ETD
-
- ETO
-
- Esc
-
- ETS
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ScD
-
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- La.
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Yeo
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- yer
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- SAR
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- Lt.
-
- LSD
-
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- LDS
-
- sc.
-
- YTD
-
- yds
-
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- SCP
-
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- SRO
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- So.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- YCL
-
- SA
-
- 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.
- TT
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- S.
-
- RP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- AO
-
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- LC
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- L.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LR
-
- ol
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- CE
-
- O.
-
- TC
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TL
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- YT
-
- Y.
-
- yd
-
noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- ty
-
- yr
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RO
-
- TP
-
- ly
-
- OA
-
- yl
-
- ey
-
- dl
-
- ry
-
- D.
-
- DP
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- SL
-