Anagrams of resorption
Word resorption has
1 exact anagrams and 743 other words
that can be made by using the letters of resorption.
- portioners
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- portioner
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- posterior
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noun,
the hinder parts or rump of the body; buttocks.
- retorsion
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noun,
retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- 11-point
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- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- Sorrento
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- protero-
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- nitroso-
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- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- troopers
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Torreon
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noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- torpors
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noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- perrons
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Printer
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- 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:
- Pierrot
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- reprint
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- sterno-
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- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- trooper
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isotope
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noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- Perrin
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Perron
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- pernor
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noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- priers
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noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- sprier
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adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- Norris
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noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- steno-
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- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- operon
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- option
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noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- sporo-
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- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- spiro-
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- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- pooris
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- petro-
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- ptero-
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- priors
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noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- pronto
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adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- proser
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noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- proto-
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- Proton
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noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- rooter
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Renoir
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- report
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repros
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noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retro-
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- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- pretor
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noun,
praetor.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinots
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Piston
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noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- poison
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- septi-
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- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- porion
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- rotors
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noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- potion
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Potosi
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noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- osteo-
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- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- eroto-
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- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tripes
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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.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- isopor
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noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- intro.
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- Terris
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- nitro-
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- torpor
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noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- ironer
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- tropo-
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- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- troops
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noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- ports
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noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
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noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- rotos
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noun,
rotogravure.
- post-
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- posit
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noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- insep
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- Sino-
-
- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- pions
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noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Pres.
-
- pirns
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noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Port.
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- senor
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- intr.
-
- pones
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noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sept.
-
- poons
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noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- topo-
-
- Point
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poet.
-
- insp.
-
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- sero-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- inst.
-
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Epist
-
- reni-
-
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Epis.
-
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- ento-
-
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- rept.
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- trop-
-
- restr
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- 30-30
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- pret.
-
- pron.
-
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- erron
-
- Prot.
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- seti-
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- onto-
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- 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.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- oste-
-
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- step-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ster.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- nitr-
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- OPers
-
- terr.
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- opto-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- 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.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- spor-
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- 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.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- noto-
-
- petri
-
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- noso-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- teno-
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tono-
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- pert.
-
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- rit.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ter.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tron
-
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Ste.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- str.
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- rpt.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- sepn
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- ten.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- top-
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Soni
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tri-
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- tion
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- 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.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Ire.
-
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- Pers
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- oto-
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- 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.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- est.
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Ont.
-
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- iso-
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- neo-
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- esp.
-
- prs.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- pts.
-
- Ens.
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repr
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- pos.
-
- pro-
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- poor
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- eso-
-
- Pori
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noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pore
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- poon
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noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- en-
-
- in.
-
- ier
-
- io-
-
- tin
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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.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- TPI
-
- NES
-
- ETS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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:
- ETR
-
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EIS
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- eir
-
- eo-
-
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- trp
-
- NOP
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- ETO
-
- TSP
-
- TPN
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ne-
-
- IRS
-
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ior
-
- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ine
-
- ERT
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ise
-
- tr.
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- Tpr
-
- ite
-
- ton
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noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tro
-
- Ep.
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESR
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- STP
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- POR
-
- 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.
- 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).
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NPR
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- se-
-
- Pr.
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RNR
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- RPS
-
- ROP
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- SRO
-
- PSE
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- prn
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- 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.
- ONI
-
- OOT
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- SPR
-
- STI
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- op.
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- St.
-
- ot-
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ote
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- OSP
-
- OSO
-
- ose
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OTS
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EI
-
- t.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- RN
-
- RO
-
- IP
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- N.
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- TP
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
-
- S.
-
- R.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- SN
-
- RP
-
- TN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.