Anagrams of pyrobitumen
Word pyrobitumen has
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- biometry
-
noun,
the calculation of the probable duration of human life.
- enormity
-
noun,
outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness:
- eruption
-
noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- no-trump
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noun,
the declaration to play a no-trump contract.
- T-number
-
noun,
one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- orpiment
-
noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- 11-point
-
- Pimento
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noun,
pimiento.
- tribune
-
noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- neutro-
-
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- bitumen
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noun,
any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, or gilsonite, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
- pinetum
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- puberty
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noun,
the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- pneumo-
-
- unmiter
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- tone-up
-
noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- Protium
-
noun,
the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- tourney
-
noun,
a tournament.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- bromine
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noun,
an element that is a dark-reddish, fuming, toxic liquid and a member of the halogen family: obtained from natural brines and ocean water, and used chiefly in the manufacture of gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. Symbol: Br; atomic weight: 79.909; atomic number: 35; specific gravity: 3.119 at 20°C.
- unmitre
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- mounter
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- tipburn
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noun,
a disease of lettuce, potatoes, and other plants, characterized by browning of the tips and edges of the leaves, resulting from any of several environmental factors, as excessive heat and humidity.
- imbrute
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verb (used with or without object),
to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.
- Umberto
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noun,
Humbert I.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- 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.
- entropy
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- remount
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- turbine
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- terbium
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noun,
a rare-earth, metallic element present in certain minerals and yielding colorless salts. Symbol: Tb; atomic number: 65; atomic weight: 158.924; specific gravity: 8.25.
- Reymont
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noun,
Władysław Stanisław [vwah-dee-swahf stah-nee-swahf] /vwɑˈdi swɑf stɑˈni swɑf/ (Show IPA), ("Ladislas Regmont") 1868–1925, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1924.
- probity
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noun,
integrity and uprightness; honesty.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- ubiety
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noun,
the property of having a definite location at any given time; state of existing and being localized in space.
- Burton
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- brunet
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- emptor
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noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Brunei
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noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- Peyton
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noun,
a male given name, form of Payton.
- turbo-
-
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- optime
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- petro-
-
- Romney
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noun,
one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- mopery
-
noun,
mopish behavior.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Bronte
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noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- pitmen
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- enmity
-
noun,
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
- poetry
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- Mounty
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noun,
Mountie.
- minute
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- briony
-
noun,
bryony.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- tubmen
-
noun,
a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
- penury
-
noun,
extreme poverty; destitution.
- bunyip
-
noun,
a mythical creature of Aboriginal legend said to inhabit water and watercourses.
- Turpin
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noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Burney
-
noun,
Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- Tyumen
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noun,
a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- eponym
-
noun,
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name:
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- etymon
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noun,
the linguistic form from which another form is historically derived, as the Latin cor “heart,” which is the etymon of English cordial, or the Indo-European *ḱ (e) rd-, which is the etymon of Latin cor, Greek kardía, Russian serdtse, and English heart.
- turnip
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noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- embry-
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- metro-
-
- embryo
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noun,
the young of a viviparous animal, especially of a mammal, in the early stages of development within the womb, in humans up to the end of the second month.
Compare fetus.
- erbium
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noun,
a rare-earth metallic element, having pink salts. Symbol: Er; atomic weight: 167.26; atomic number: 68.
- bumper
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noun,
a person or thing that bumps.
- inter.
-
- moiety
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noun,
a half.
- umpire
-
noun,
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- tuebor
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verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- minuet
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noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- pointy
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adjective,
having a comparatively sharp point:
- topmen
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noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- one-up
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adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- uptime
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noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- imbrue
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verb (used with object),
to stain:
- probit
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noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- tribo-
-
- byrnie
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noun,
a coat of mail; hauberk.
- timbre
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- timber
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- Tempyo
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adjective,
of or relating to the period of Japanese art history, a.d. 725–794, characterized by the flowering of Buddhist architecture and statuary: combined T'ang Chinese influences and emerging native traits.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- imper.
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- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- tie-up
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noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- purine
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noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- Purity
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noun,
the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.:
- import
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- Tyburn
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noun,
a former place of public execution in London, England.
- biuret
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- Benoit
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noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- intomb
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verb (used with object),
entomb.
- utero-
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- urino-
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- inpour
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- intro.
-
- Beirut
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- uptorn
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verb,
past participle of uptear.
- nitro-
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- impute
-
verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- impure
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adjective,
not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
- nitery
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noun,
a nightclub.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- betony
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noun,
a plant, Stachys (formerly Betonica) officinalis, of the mint family, having hairy leaves and dense spikes of purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing.
- number
-
noun,
a numeral or group of numerals.
- neuro-
-
- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- ptero-
-
- Breton
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Tyrone
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noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- entomb
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- pyrone
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noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- troupe
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- munite
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verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- Bounty
-
noun,
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- pyrite
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noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- mutiny
-
noun,
revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- Timour
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noun,
Tamerlane.
- unrobe
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verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- unripe
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adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- pinery
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noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- intr.
-
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- petri
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- petr-
-
- peri-
-
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- meno-
-
- pert.
-
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Peony
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- meiny
-
noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- neut.
-
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- typo-
-
- OBrit
-
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- runty
-
adjective,
stunted; dwarfish:
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- rutin
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Nebr.
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- temp.
-
- neur-
-
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- omni-
-
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- term.
-
- teno-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- NIMBY
-
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- mero-
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- minty
-
adjective,
having the flavor or aroma of mint.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Myron
-
noun,
chrism.
- roupy
-
adjective,
affected with the disease roup.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- metry
-
- metr-
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- onium
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opium
-
noun,
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- mopey
-
adjective,
languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- Mont.
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- money
-
noun,
any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Tobey
-
noun,
Mark, 1890–1976, U.S. painter.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- moity
-
adjective,
full of moits.
- prom.
-
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Boyer
-
noun,
Jean Pierre [zhahn pyer] /ʒɑ̃ pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1776–1850, Haitian political leader: president 1818–43.
- Port.
-
- porny
-
adjective,
Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic:
- Ebony
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- Unit.
-
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Pu-yi
-
noun,
Henry, 1906–67, as Hsüan T'ung, last emperor of China 1908–12; as K'ang Tê, puppet emperor of Manchukuo 1934–45.
- Prot.
-
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Bytom
-
noun,
a city in S Poland.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- Boyne
-
noun,
a river in E Ireland: William III defeated James II near here 1690. 70 miles (110 km) long.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- brom-
-
- Emory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Byron
-
noun,
George Gordon, Lord (6th Baron Byron) 1788–1824, English poet.
- empty
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Byrne
-
noun,
Donn [don] /dɒn/ (Show IPA), Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- ento-
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- umber
-
noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- punty
-
noun,
an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- btry.
-
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- Buyer
-
noun,
a person who buys; purchaser.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- bumpy
-
adjective,
of uneven surface; full of bumps:
- prim.
-
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- brume
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- pret.
-
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- prem.
-
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- pouty
-
adjective,
inclined to pout, or marked by pouting:
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- biont
-
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- tropy
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- 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.
- pron.
-
- trop-
-
- Briny
-
noun,
ocean.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- pyro-
-
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- reni-
-
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- imbue
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- 30-30
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- trump
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- prob.
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Unity
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- poet.
-
- Purim
-
noun,
a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
- purty
-
adjective,
pretty.
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- Brit.
-
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- Repub
-
- rept.
-
- eury-
-
- Euro-
-
- tubi-
-
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- pyo-
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- NRPB
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- ten.
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- puny
-
adjective,
of less than normal size and strength; weak.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- rimy
-
adjective,
covered with rime.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- pub.
-
- obey
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- numb
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- prin
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Pen.
-
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Ryun
-
noun,
James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pet.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- pyr-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Rom.
-
- pity
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- 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.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- onym
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Ont.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- Ruby
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- orby
-
adjective,
like or pertaining to an orb.
- pro-
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- rpt.
-
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- pot.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- out-
-
- pre-
-
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- 1080
-
- Nor.
-
- epit
-
- tron
-
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Eur.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etym
-
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- epi-
-
- 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.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Ire.
-
- IRBM
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- tri-
-
- Ymir
-
noun,
the earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, killed by Odin and his brothers. From his flesh the earth was made, from his blood the waters, and from his skull the heavens.
- TRIB
-
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Imp.
-
- but-
-
- BURP
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- bin-
-
- BMet
-
- byte
-
noun,
adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- byre
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- bet.
-
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- uret
-
- uro-
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Bomu
-
noun,
a river in central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing N and W into the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. About 500 miles (805 km) long.
- Bury
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Bur.
-
- buoy
-
noun,
Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- bump
-
noun,
an act or instance of bumping; collision; blow.
- uni-
-
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- BPOE
-
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bot.
-
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bor.
-
- bony
-
adjective,
of or like bone.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Yurt
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- mun.
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- mout
-
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- 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:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Tob.
-
- mopy
-
adjective,
mopey.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- mony
-
adjective, noun,
many.
- Mon.
-
- Rep.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nomy
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- tion
-
- typ.
-
- Toby
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- MOpt
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- tomy
-
- met.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ment
-
- MYOB
-
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- myo-
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- miry
-
adjective,
of the nature of mire; swampy:
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- ur-
-
- rte
-
- TPI
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- TPM
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ROI
-
- TPN
-
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- tue
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- UPI
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- 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.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- rt.
-
- ure
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- RPO
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- up-
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Tro
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- TNB
-
- UMT
-
- Une
-
- TMO
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- Tu.
-
- UIT
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- trp
-
- UNO
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ROP
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- unp
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- RPM
-
- OEM
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- IOU
-
- yum
-
interjection,
yum-yum.
- ium
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ity
-
- ite
-
- IRO
-
- Ir.
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- IOT
-
- MBE
-
- ior
-
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- YOB
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- ine
-
- in.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yer
-
- ier
-
- Yup
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Me.
-
- Yeo
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPE
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOR
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- MIT
-
- Mo.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIP
-
- MIE
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- my-
-
- mi.
-
- MEP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MBO
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- MTI
-
- BME
-
- BRM
-
- BRE
-
- BPI
-
- BPE
-
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Boy
-
noun,
a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
- Bn.
-
- BMT
-
- BMR
-
- BMI
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BRT
-
- bye
-
noun,
Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round:
- BIE
-
- by-
-
- bi-
-
- BEP
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- bey
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- Br.
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- bp.
-
- BEM
-
- be-
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- Bt.
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- EPT
-
- IBN
-
- ib.
-
- io-
-
- ITU
-
- eu-
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ety
-
- ERT
-
- ERP
-
- ery
-
- Ep.
-
- BTE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- EMR
-
- eir
-
- EbN
-
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- buy
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- bu.
-
- Mt.
-
- MNE
-
- mtn
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- pm.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ory
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- prn
-
- OPM
-
- MTO
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OMB
-
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OBE
-
- Pr.
-
- pt.
-
- ob.
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RBI
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- POR
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POB
-
- PTO
-
- PMT
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Pym
-
noun,
John, 1584–1643, English statesman.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- py-
-
- op.
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- uti
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NMU
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NbE
-
- NMR
-
- ne-
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NYP
-
- NMI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- NOP
-
- NUM
-
- NPR
-
- MUP
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- MTP
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- RN
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- BO
-
- BM
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- B-
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ry
-
- RO
-
- MN
-
- TN
-
- RI
-
- TM
-
- NP
-
- R.
-
- NY
-
- NI
-
- NB
-
- N.
-
- NM
-
- PU
-
- EI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- YT
-
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- YB
-
- ye
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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):
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TP
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- yr
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- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- i.
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- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- IP
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- O.
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- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- t.
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- TB
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- T1
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- Y.
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- RU
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- UI
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- Eb
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- U.
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- ey
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- MP
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- PB
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- ty
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- RP
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- MB
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- M.
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- UB
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