Anagrams of representative
Word representative has
1547 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of representative.
- presentative
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adjective,
(of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.
- perseverate
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verb (used without object),
to repeat something insistently or redundantly:
- penetrative
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adjective,
tending to penetrate; piercing.
- presentive
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adjective,
notional (def 7).
- interprets
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- privateers
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noun,
an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- re-present
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verb (used with object),
to present again or anew.
- penetrates
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verb (used with object),
to pierce or pass into or through:
- travertine
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noun,
a form of limestone deposited by springs, especially hot springs, used in Italy for building.
- reiterates
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verb (used with object),
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- inveterate
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adjective,
settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like:
- vespertine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the evening:
- entreaties
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noun,
earnest request or petition; supplication.
- 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.
- penetrate
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verb (used with object),
to pierce or pass into or through:
- 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.
- 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.
- interpret
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- 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.
- Easterner
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an eastern area, especially of the eastern U.S.
- Peritrate
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- 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:
- retrainee
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noun,
a person who is being retrained.
- arrestive
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adjective,
tending to arrest or take hold of the attention, interest, etc.
- retentive
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adjective,
tending or serving to retain something.
- 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.
- taverners
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noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- venerates
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verb (used with object),
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- Praeneste
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noun,
ancient name of Palestrina.
- veratrine
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noun,
a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
- retirants
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noun,
retiree.
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- repeaters
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noun,
a person or thing that repeats.
- inverters
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- restraint
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noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- invertase
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noun,
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- persevere
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verb (used with object),
to bolster, sustain, or uphold:
- presentee
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noun,
a person to whom something is presented.
- presenter
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noun,
a person or thing that presents.
- preterits
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noun,
past (def 12).
- enervates
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adjective,
enervated.
- reiterant
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adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- repartees
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noun,
a quick, witty reply.
- serviette
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noun,
a table napkin.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- patentees
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noun,
a person, group, or company that has been granted a patent.
- reiterate
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verb (used with object),
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- panetiere
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noun,
a small, decorative livery cupboard, made especially in Provence in the 18th century.
- 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.
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- reentries
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noun,
an act of reentering.
- 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.
- privateer
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noun,
an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- pretreats
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verb (used with object),
to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment:
- 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.
- anteverts
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verb (used with object),
to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- preventer
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noun,
a person or thing that prevents.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- triptane
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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.
- privates
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noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- retrieve
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noun,
an act of retrieving; recovery.
- inverter
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- reenters
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verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- estivate
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verb (used without object),
to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
- Everetts
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noun,
Edward, 1794–1865, U.S. statesman, orator, and writer.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- venerate
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verb (used with object),
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- retirees
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noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- veneries
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noun,
the gratification of sexual desire.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- retirant
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noun,
retiree.
- pretreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment:
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- preterit
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noun,
past (def 12).
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- transept
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noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- enervate
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adjective,
enervated.
- repartee
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noun,
a quick, witty reply.
- prevents
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verb (used with object),
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder:
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- reprieve
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noun,
a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death.
- pretense
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noun,
pretending or feigning; make-believe:
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- repeater
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noun,
a person or thing that repeats.
- renverse
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adjective,
performed with the body bent from the waist:
- 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.
- eateries
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noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- re-serve
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verb (used with or without object),
to serve again.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- preserve
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noun,
something that preserves.
- traverse
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noun,
the act of passing across, over, or through.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- patterns
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noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- terpenes
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noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- arteries
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noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- partners
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- arrestee
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noun,
a person who is under arrest.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- patentee
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noun,
a person, group, or company that has been granted a patent.
- patients
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- perverse
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adjective,
willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- verniers
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noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- terrenes
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noun,
the earth.
- versiera
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noun,
witch of Agnesi.
- 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.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- 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.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- antevert
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verb (used with object),
to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- 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 .
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- navettes
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noun,
a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- reverent
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adjective,
feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful:
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Taverner
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noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- pianette
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- partiers
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noun,
partyer.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- 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.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- perverts
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noun,
a person who practices sexual perversion.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- rapiers
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noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- previse
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verb (used with object),
to foresee.
- Teniers
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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.
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- tranter
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noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- Everett
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noun,
Edward, 1794–1865, U.S. statesman, orator, and writer.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- pattens
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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.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- pattern
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noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- transp.
-
- terpene
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noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Printer
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- patters
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noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- tensive
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adjective,
stretching or straining.
- partner
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- privets
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noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- partite
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noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- strati-
-
- Travers
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noun,
P(amela) L. 1899–1996, Australian writer, especially of children's stories, in England.
- private
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noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- patents
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noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- patient
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- Ettarre
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noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- Everest
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- partier
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noun,
partyer.
- striper
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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:
- tipster
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- prevent
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verb (used with object),
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder:
- naivete
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- navette
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noun,
a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- natives
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- pervert
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noun,
a person who practices sexual perversion.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- Trainer
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Perrine
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noun,
a town in S Florida.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- petites
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noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Pevsner
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noun,
Antoine [French ahn-twan] /French ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1886–1962, French sculptor and painter, born in Russia (brother of Naum Gabo).
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- tarsier
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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.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- inverse
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- patties
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noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- Terrene
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noun,
the earth.
- tapster
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noun,
a bartender.
- nitrate
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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 .
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- peavies
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noun,
peavey.
- terrane
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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.
- pretest
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noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- teeters
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noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- Penates
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plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- preter-
-
- perries
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noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- terrets
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noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- teepees
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noun,
tepee.
- nervate
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adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- pensive
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adjective,
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- terrine
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- preteen
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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.
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- Pereira
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noun,
Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- parries
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noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- vespine
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adjective,
of or relating to wasps.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- reserve
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noun,
Finance.
cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.
uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
- septate
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adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- reptant
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adjective,
repent2 .
- steerer
-
noun,
a person or thing that steers.
- reprise
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noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- reprint
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- reverse
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noun,
the opposite or contrary of something.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Ventris
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noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- versine
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noun,
versed sine.
- respire
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verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- reverts
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noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- Avertin
-
- stearin
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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.
- sparver
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noun,
a tentlike bed curtain or canopy.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- Venetia
-
noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- venerer
-
noun,
a huntsman.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retiree
-
noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- veneers
-
noun,
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- steepen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- reveres
-
noun,
revers.
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- reverie
-
noun,
a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing:
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- veeries
-
noun,
a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.
- ventri-
-
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- restive
-
adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- epeeist
-
noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- 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.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- Vernier
-
noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- Servite
-
noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Sevener
-
noun,
Ismaʿilian.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- arteri-
-
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- stative
-
adjective,
(of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses:
- veteran
-
noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- 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.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- trivets
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- 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.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- reenter
-
verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- reapers
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- teevee
-
noun,
television.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- spavin
-
noun,
a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- 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.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- teepee
-
noun,
tepee.
- Teeter
-
noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- pensee
-
noun,
a reflection or thought.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- penta-
-
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- parvis
-
noun,
a vacant enclosed area in front of a church.
- 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.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- settee
-
noun,
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Server
-
noun,
a person who serves.
- severe
-
adjective,
harsh; unnecessarily extreme:
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- pavins
-
noun,
pavane.
- pavers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- 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.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- septi-
-
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- 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.
- 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.
- patri-
-
- 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;
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- 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.
- Reaper
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- privet
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- 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.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- steeve
-
noun,
a long derrick or spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cargo in a ship's hold.
- 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.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- 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.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- 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.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- Rivera
-
noun,
Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- 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.
- 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.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- 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.
- revert
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- Revere
-
noun,
revers.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- revers
-
noun,
a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
- 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.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- veneer
-
noun,
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- 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.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Vatter
-
noun,
a lake in S Sweden. 80 miles (130 km) long; 733 sq. mi. (1900 sq. km).
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 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.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- varier
-
noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- trans.
-
- tetra-
-
- Verner
-
noun,
Karl Adolph [kahrl ah-dolf] /kɑrl ˈɑ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1846–96, Danish linguist.
- 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.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- testee
-
noun,
a person who is tested, as by a scholastic examination.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- arrive
-
noun,
a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- ventr-
-
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- 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):
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- invars
-
- intra-
-
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- treasr
-
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- 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:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- instr.
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- enter-
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Evetta
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “a hunt.”.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- trivet
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- Vetter
-
noun,
Vätter.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- Vesper
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- vestee
-
noun,
a decorative front piece worn under a woman's jacket or blouse so as to be visible at the neckline.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terat-
-
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terete
-
adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- pareve
-
adjective,
having no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient and being permissible for use with both meat and dairy meals as stated in the dietary laws:
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- 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.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Epist
-
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- 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.
- reni-
-
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Epis.
-
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- veter
-
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- anis-
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- 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.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- 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.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- vitta
-
noun,
Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- 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.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 30-30
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- seti-
-
- ster.
-
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- step-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- 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.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Reeve
-
noun,
an administrative officer of a town or district.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- aeri-
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- Viper
-
noun,
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- rears
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- vari-
-
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- River
-
noun,
a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- 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.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- sanit
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- 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.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- span-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- veeps
-
noun,
a vice president.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- restr
-
- anti-
-
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- resp.
-
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- 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.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- ante-
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- rept.
-
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- 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.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- 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.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- ative
-
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- veni-
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- avers
-
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- patr-
-
- Piave
-
noun,
a river in NE Italy, flowing S and SE into the Adriatic. 137 miles (220 km) long.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- tears
-
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- petri
-
- 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.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- 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.
- Tevet
-
noun,
the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- 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.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- 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.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- 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.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- tera-
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- terr.
-
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- pene-
-
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- peeve
-
noun,
a source of annoyance or irritation:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- 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.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- peta-
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- nitr-
-
- Paver
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- pert.
-
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- pavin
-
noun,
pavane.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- pavis
-
noun,
a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- priv.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- IATSE
-
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- pant-
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- 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.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- 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).
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- Evatt
-
noun,
Herbert Vere [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1966, Australian lawyer and statesman: president of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1948–49.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- evens
-
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- part.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- treas
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- 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.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- parve
-
adjective,
pareve.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- 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.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Iran.
-
- pari-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- prae-
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- 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 .
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- 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.
- pret.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- intr.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Invar
-
- 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.
- invt.
-
- 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.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Pres.
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- vin-
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- ter.
-
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- vet.
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- veep
-
noun,
a vice president.
- Vat.
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- vas-
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- var.
-
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- Ven.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tri-
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- trit
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- trav
-
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ten.
-
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- 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.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- vers
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- spiv
-
noun,
a petty criminal, especially a black marketeer, racetrack tout, or petty thief.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Sra.
-
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tit.
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Ste.
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nav.
-
- 1080
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- par.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NTIA
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- 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.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- NIRA
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- pave
-
noun,
Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- 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.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pnea
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prev
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- per.
-
- 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.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- Pers
-
- perv
-
noun,
a sexual pervert.
- 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.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- 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.
- prin
-
- att.
-
- 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
-
- attn
-
- Ave.
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- avn.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- evap
-
- IEEE
-
- est.
-
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- inv.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- esp.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- epit
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Ens.
-
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- epi-
-
- 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).
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- prs.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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 .
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- repr
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rpt.
-
- RNAS
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- riv.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Rev.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- sepn
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Pvt.
-
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- psia
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- serv
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- RSVP
-
noun,
a reply to an invitation:
- PSAT
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- pts.
-
- ERT
-
- RPV
-
- TVA
-
- Rs.
-
- an.
-
- Va.
-
- vs.
-
- Ar.
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- ese
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- ESR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- env
-
- av.
-
- RSV
-
- ETR
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- ene
-
- ae.
-
- TTS
-
- TSP
-
- rt.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- rte
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SPR
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Vte
-
- ERP
-
- ERV
-
- Vt.
-
- RTS
-
- Sp.
-
- RSA
-
- TSI
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- en-
-
- EPT
-
- VPN
-
- ap-
-
- EPS
-
- trp
-
- ESA
-
- RSE
-
- TSE
-
- SAE
-
- VIP
-
- EIS
-
- ASR
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ATV
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- 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.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- at.
-
- ASV
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ast
-
- Ver
-
- a-v
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASN
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ASI
-
- APS
-
- ase
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- 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.
- ARS
-
- 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).
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- spt
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- eir
-
- EEE
-
- SAR
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- se-
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Avi
-
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ETS
-
- IAS
-
- Sr.
-
- NRA
-
- STP
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- STI
-
- 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
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NSA
-
- nr.
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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:
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- ETV
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- NEA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ne-
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- PSE
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- PRA
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PTT
-
- PTV
-
- 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.
- PVA
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Re.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- STV
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SVR
-
- 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.
- 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:
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ine
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- TNT
-
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPA
-
- RNA
-
- Sta
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- St.
-
- PSA
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RNR
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- IRS
-
- Tpr
-
- ISA
-
- ISR
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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.
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- TIA
-
- ITV
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISV
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ise
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RP
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- VN
-
- 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.
- EV
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- T1
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- IP
-
- NV
-
- VP
-
- VI
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- V.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- TN
-
- TT
-
- TP
-
- 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.
- RN
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- RI
-
- SN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- SV
-
- SA
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- VR
-
- RV
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.