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- entertainers
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noun,
a singer, comedian, dancer, reciter, or the like, especially a professional one.
- presentation
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noun,
an act of presenting.
- penetrations
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noun,
the act or power of penetrating.
- presentient
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adjective,
having a presentiment.
- Septentrion
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noun,
Obsolete. the north.
- stearoptene
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noun,
the oxygenated solid part of an essential oil (opposed to eleoptene).
- Praenestine
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adjective,
of or relating to the ancient town of Praeneste in Italy, or to the Latin dialect spoken there.
- entertainer
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noun,
a singer, comedian, dancer, reciter, or the like, especially a professional one.
- penetration
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noun,
the act or power of penetrating.
- intenerate
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verb (used with object),
to make soft or tender; soften.
- Penitentes
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noun,
a member of a religious order, chiefly in Spanish-American communities in New Mexico, known for their practice of self-flagellation, especially during Holy Week.
- re-present
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verb (used with object),
to present again or anew.
- orientates
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- panettones
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noun,
an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- reiterates
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verb (used with object),
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- penetrates
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verb (used with object),
to pierce or pass into or through:
- stone-pine
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noun,
Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- periastron
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noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- entreaties
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noun,
earnest request or petition; supplication.
- nonstarter
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noun,
an issue, plan, etc., that does not get or deserve to get under way.
- stereotape
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noun,
magnetic tape used for recording and reproducing sound stereophonically.
- stereopair
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noun,
a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- stentorian
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adjective,
very loud or powerful in sound:
- pretension
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noun,
the laying of a claim to something.
- prestation
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noun,
a payment in money or in services.
- tenantries
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noun,
tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- Trasentine
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noun,
a brand of adiphenine.
- retentions
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noun,
the act of retaining.
- tetraspore
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noun,
one of the four asexual spores produced within a tetrasporangium.
- interprets
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- serpentine
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noun,
a device on a harquebus lock for holding the match.
- entertains
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- near-point
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noun,
the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- Enterprise
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noun,
a project undertaken or to be undertaken, especially one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy:
- Pierrette
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noun,
the female counterpart of a Pierrot, usually accompanying him, as in an entertainment or masquerade.
- pertinent
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adjective,
pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant:
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- neoprenes
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noun,
an oil-resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes.
- perorates
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verb (used without object),
to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- internat.
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- perennate
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verb (used without object),
to survive from season to season for an indefinite number of years.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- entertain
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- pinsetter
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noun,
a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- internees
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- Esperanto
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noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- Espartero
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noun,
Baldomero [bahl-daw-me-raw] /ˌbɑl dɔˈmɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), Count of Luchana [loo-chah-nah] /luˈtʃɑ nɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1879, Spanish general and statesman.
- poetaster
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noun,
an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- Ernestine
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Ernest.
- portieres
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- entropies
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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.
- Potteries
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noun,
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- entrepots
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noun,
a warehouse.
- pensioner
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noun,
a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- Penitente
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noun,
a member of a religious order, chiefly in Spanish-American communities in New Mexico, known for their practice of self-flagellation, especially during Holy Week.
- penitents
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noun,
a penitent person.
- terrapins
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- transient
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- Easterner
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an eastern area, especially of the eastern U.S.
- transpire
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verb (used with object),
to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- transport
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noun,
the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.
- operettas
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noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- panetiere
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noun,
a small, decorative livery cupboard, made especially in Provence in the 18th century.
- panettone
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noun,
an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- patentees
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noun,
a person, group, or company that has been granted a patent.
- patentors
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- Patterson
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noun,
Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- penetrant
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noun,
a person or thing that penetrates.
- penetrate
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verb (used with object),
to pierce or pass into or through:
- intonates
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- interpret
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- neotenies
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noun,
Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- Peritrate
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- Praeneste
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noun,
ancient name of Palestrina.
- reserpine
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noun,
an alkaloid, C 33 H 40 N 2 O 9 , obtained from the root of the rauwolfia, Rauwolfia serpentina, used in the treatment of hypertension.
- spinneret
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noun,
an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon.
- reentrant
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noun,
a reentering angle or part.
- reentries
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noun,
an act of reentering.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- reiterant
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adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- reiterate
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verb (used with object),
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- triptanes
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- repartees
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noun,
a quick, witty reply.
- repeaters
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noun,
a person or thing that repeats.
- represent
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verb (used with object),
to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize:
- resnatron
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noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- priorates
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- restraint
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noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- retention
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noun,
the act of retaining.
- retirants
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noun,
retiree.
- retrainee
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noun,
a person who is being retrained.
- sonneteer
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noun,
a composer of sonnets.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- sententia
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noun,
an aphorism; maxim.
- prostrate
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verb (used with object),
to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- repentant
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adjective,
repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
- pretreats
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verb (used with object),
to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment:
- preterits
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noun,
past (def 12).
- presenter
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noun,
a person or thing that presents.
- preterist
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noun,
a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled.
Compare futurist (def 2), presentist.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- terranes
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- terrapin
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- terrenes
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noun,
the earth.
- Nanterre
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- retepore
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noun,
any bryozoan of the family Reteporidae which forms colonies that have a networklike structure.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- retirant
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noun,
retiree.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- terpenes
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noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- neoprene
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noun,
an oil-resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes.
- pretense
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noun,
pretending or feigning; make-believe:
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- intrans.
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- intrants
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- tinstone
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noun,
cassiterite.
- entrepot
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noun,
a warehouse.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- sentient
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noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- tontines
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- 11-point
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- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Estienne
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noun,
Also, Étienne. a family of French printers, book dealers, and scholars, including especially Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) died 1520; his son, Robert [raw-ber] /rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA) 1503?–59; Henri, (son of Robert), 1531?–98.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- inerrant
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adjective,
free from error; infallible.
- portrait
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noun,
a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph:
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- rostrate
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adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- prestore
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verb (used with object),
Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- roperies
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noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- partiers
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noun,
partyer.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- portiere
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- internee
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- internet
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noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- portents
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- retirees
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noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- preteens
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noun,
Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- ten-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- penitent
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noun,
a penitent person.
- patentor
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- renitent
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adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- patients
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patterns
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noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- strepto-
-
- Streator
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noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- pianette
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- reenters
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verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- patentee
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noun,
a person, group, or company that has been granted a patent.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- stannite
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- pentanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- pentosan
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noun,
any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- prostate
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noun,
prostate gland.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- perorate
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verb (used without object),
to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- partners
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- priorate
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- preterit
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noun,
past (def 12).
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- tea-tree
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noun,
a tall shrub or small tree, Leptospermum scoparium, of the myrtle family, native to New Zealand and Australia, having silky foliage when young, and bell-shaped, white flowers: often planted to prevent beach erosion.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- operetta
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noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- Pretoria
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noun,
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- repeater
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noun,
a person or thing that repeats.
- pintanos
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- repartee
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noun,
a quick, witty reply.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- pretreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment:
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- reopener
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noun,
an act or instance of reopening negotiations, as on the provisions of a contract.
- panniers
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Protista
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- trainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- arteries
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- tropines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- transept
-
noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- triptane
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- eateries
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- antirent
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- ententes
-
noun,
an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
- anserine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- antrorse
-
adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- entrains
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- arrestee
-
noun,
a person who is under arrest.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- anterior
-
adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- atropine
-
noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- arterio-
-
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- entrants
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- sterno-
-
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sporran
-
noun,
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- Pierrot
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- rapiers
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- raptors
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- teapots
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- Perrine
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- petites
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- terpene
-
noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- spinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- reapers
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- reenter
-
verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- Terrene
-
noun,
the earth.
- tapster
-
noun,
a bartender.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- pinenes
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- stereo-
-
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- porters
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- norites
-
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.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- praetor
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Steptoe
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- steepen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- steerer
-
noun,
a person or thing that steers.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- transp.
-
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Pontian
-
noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- teeners
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Pontine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- steato-
-
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- teeters
-
noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- stearo-
-
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- pinnate
-
adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- prorate
-
verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- antero-
-
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- reports
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- 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.
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- pinners
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- presort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- pintano
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- preteen
-
noun,
Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- perries
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- tenpins
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- aristo-
-
- preter-
-
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- pretest
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- pretors
-
noun,
praetor.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- perrons
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- strati-
-
- snap-on
-
adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- strato-
-
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponin
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- parries
-
noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- pannier
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- pennate
-
adjective,
winged; feathered.
- pannose
-
adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Etienne
-
noun,
Estienne (def 1).
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- patties
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- parrots
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- spanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spans.
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- striper
-
noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- septate
-
adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- epeeist
-
noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- patents
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entrees
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- patters
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- pattens
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- partier
-
noun,
partyer.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- partner
-
noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- entente
-
noun,
an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- intens.
-
- entero-
-
- tin-pan
-
adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- airport
-
noun,
a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- respire
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- reprise
-
noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- arseno-
-
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Pereira
-
noun,
Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- pension
-
noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- pentane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- peonies
-
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.
- retiree
-
noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- arteri-
-
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- treasr
-
- pennis
-
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- pensee
-
noun,
a reflection or thought.
- Pennie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- patri-
-
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- pinene
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- penta-
-
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- petro-
-
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- arsen-
-
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- aeron.
-
- retro-
-
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- settee
-
noun,
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- septi-
-
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- 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.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- 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.
- sapro-
-
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- steno-
-
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- 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).
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- Reaper
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- aniso-
-
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- spiro-
-
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
-
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- inter.
-
- enter-
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- tarso-
-
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- intra-
-
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- intro.
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Teeter
-
noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- iatro-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tepees
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- terete
-
adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nepean
-
noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- trans.
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- tetra-
-
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- norite
-
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.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irones
-
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.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- nitro-
-
- testee
-
noun,
a person who is tested, as by a scholastic examination.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- terat-
-
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- astron
-
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- panto-
-
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- astro-
-
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reins
-
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.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- 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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- seti-
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- annot
-
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reni-
-
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- anon.
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 30-30
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- toti-
-
- nears
-
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- 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.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- spor-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- sero-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Epist
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- rears
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- nano-
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Epis.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Sept.
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- naso-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iran.
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- IATSE
-
- aeri-
-
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- sito-
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- riots
-
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.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- span-
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- aero-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- 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.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- 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.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- anis-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- tonia
-
- rept.
-
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- 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.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- erron
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- sanit
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- ento-
-
- insep
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- inst.
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- restr
-
- Sino-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- resp.
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- intr.
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- ation
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- pert.
-
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- 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.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- 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.
- peta-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- 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.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- pions
-
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.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- ster.
-
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- step-
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- 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.
- OPers
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- 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.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- pari-
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- 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.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- part.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- peri-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- 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).
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- pene-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- pant-
-
- Penn.
-
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- astr.
-
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- treas
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- atto-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- nona-
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- tears
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- teno-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- stat.
-
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- ante-
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- tera-
-
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Srta.
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- 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.
- 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.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- pron.
-
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- anti-
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Port.
-
- prae-
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- post-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Tenn.
-
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- poet.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- top-
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- 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.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tri-
-
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- 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.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- ten.
-
- Sra.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ter.
-
- tron
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Soni
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tit.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tonn
-
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- trit
-
- str.
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 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.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tion
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Ste.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- not-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NTIA
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- neo-
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- NIRA
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 1080
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Ont.
-
- OPer
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Pers
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- opia
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pat.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- att.
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ARIS
-
- ates
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- attn
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ann.
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- IEEE
-
- inae
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ions
-
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 = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rpt.
-
- pts.
-
- 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.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- psia
-
- PSAT
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- prs.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- prin
-
- Sat.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- repr
-
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- RNAS
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RONA
-
- 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.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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):
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pnea
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- sepn
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pot.
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- 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.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- in.
-
- ETS
-
- ROP
-
- 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).
- ier
-
- ERP
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TSP
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- IAS
-
- 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.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ine
-
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ae.
-
- Ar.
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- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ton
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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.
- ETR
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- TSE
-
- ETO
-
- RNA
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- SOP
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- TNT
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- ap-
-
- RNR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ESR
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- ROA
-
- EPS
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- an.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ese
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- ESA
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- ERT
-
- io-
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- Ia.
-
- ROI
-
- TSI
-
- trp
-
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- at.
-
- ASN
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- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
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noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- ASI
-
- Sp.
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- So.
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ATP
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- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- RTS
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- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ase
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- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- aor
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- ARE
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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.
- APS
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- se-
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- API
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abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- 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.
- SAR
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- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ARS
-
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- eo-
-
- ea.
-
- Tro
-
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- EIS
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- en-
-
- ene
-
- RPO
-
- EOE
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- EEO
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- eir
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- EEE
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- ean
-
- TPN
-
- ear
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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.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- rt.
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- tra
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- tr.
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- Tpr
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- TPI
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- RSE
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- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- RSA
-
- Rs.
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- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tot
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noun,
a small child.
- rte
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- ret
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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.
- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ons
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- 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.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
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- TAT
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verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- OPA
-
- Sta
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- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
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- PSA
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- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIt
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- Orr
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noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- OAP
-
- nr.
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- NRA
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- NSA
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- op.
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- OSA
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- ion
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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 = .
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- St.
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- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- OAS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
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- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- NPR
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- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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.
- STP
-
- PIO
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- STI
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- POR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ose
-
- Pa.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- PRA
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- Npt
-
- TTS
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- 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.
- REA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- IPS
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Ir.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- IRO
-
- ISR
-
- 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:
- ise
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ISA
-
- 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:
- NIA
-
- ipr
-
- TIA
-
- PTT
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Re.
-
- 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.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RPS
-
- NOP
-
- SPR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IPO
-
- NNP
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- IPA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
-
- TT
-
- 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.
- AO
-
- i.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IP
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NP
-
- TN
-
- RP
-
- TP
-
- R.
-
- SN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RI
-
- RN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- S.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- SA
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RO
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- OA
-