Anagrams of scapularies
Word scapularies has
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that can be made by using the letters of scapularies.
- Arcesilaus
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noun,
316–241 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Paracelsus
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noun,
Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- spiracles
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noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- surplices
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noun,
a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- scapulars
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
- Asclepius
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noun,
a son of Apollo and the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing, worshiped by the Romans as Aesculapius.
- peculiars
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noun,
a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
- spiracle
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noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- spiraeas
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noun,
spirea.
- spicules
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noun,
a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- Serpasil
-
- scapulas
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noun,
Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- scapular
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
- replicas
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- calipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- slipcase
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noun,
a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- Siracusa
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noun,
Syracuse (def 2).
- scaupers
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- splicers
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noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- Arcesius
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noun,
a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- salaries
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noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- piacular
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adjective,
expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
- scaleups
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noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- perusals
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noun,
a reading:
- specular
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adjective,
pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- specials
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noun,
a special person or thing.
- capsules
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noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- upraises
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- scruples
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noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- seculars
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noun,
a layperson.
- scalares
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noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- claspers
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- surplice
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noun,
a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- Clarissa
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noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- capsular
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adjective,
of, in, or like a capsule.
- peculiar
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noun,
a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
- caesuras
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noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- slicers
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- auspice
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noun,
Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
- replica
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- Pescara
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noun,
a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Persius
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noun,
(Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- Piraeus
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noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- earlaps
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noun,
earflap.
- scaleup
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noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- scalers
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- spacial
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adjective,
spatial.
- picaras
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noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- apicals
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noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- sluices
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- perusal
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noun,
a reading:
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- placers
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- rascals
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noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- scrapes
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- aspires
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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):
- scruple
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noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scleras
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- pulsars
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noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- Ascaris
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noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- prussic
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adjective,
of or derived from prussic acid.
- Prussia
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noun,
a former state in N Europe: became a military power in the 18th century and in 1871 led the formation of the German empire; formally abolished as an administrative unit in 1947.
- scauper
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- auricle
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- cesuras
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noun,
caesura.
- Serapis
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noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- crissal
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adjective,
of or relating to the crissum.
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- cruises
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- Silures
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- scapula
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noun,
Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
- recusal
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noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Aurelia
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noun,
moon jellyfish.
- cuirass
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noun,
Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
- Celsius
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noun,
Anders [ahn-ders] /ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.
- scalare
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noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- special
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noun,
a special person or thing.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- sarapes
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noun,
serape.
- espials
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noun,
the act of spying.
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- splicer
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noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- splices
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noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- spruces
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noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- saucers
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- percuss
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verb (used with object),
Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- palsies
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noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- sucrase
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noun,
invertase.
- superl.
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- lipases
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Lepsius
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noun,
Karl Richard [kahrl rikh-ahrt] /kɑrl ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1810–84, German philologist and Egyptologist.
- spireas
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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.
- suspire
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verb (used with object),
to sigh; utter with long, sighing breaths.
- capsule
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noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- upraise
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- uprises
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noun,
an act of rising up.
- upscale
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- uracils
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noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- lascars
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noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- carpals
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noun,
a carpale.
- Larissa
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noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- carpale
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noun,
any of the bones of the wrist.
- Spirula
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noun,
any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- Eurasia
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noun,
Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- spicule
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noun,
a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- Alcaeus
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noun,
flourished c600 b.c, Greek poet of Mytilene.
- casuals
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noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- parulis
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noun,
gumboil.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- saurels
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noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- pascals
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noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- parsecs
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- sauries
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noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Passaic
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- aliases
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noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- spicula
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noun,
a spicule.
- escarps
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- spirals
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Spiraea
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noun,
spirea.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- caesars
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- caliper
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- caesura
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noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- calesas
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noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- raises
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- carpel
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- saices
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noun,
syce.
- carpal
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noun,
a carpale.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- causal
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adjective,
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- rassle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- repass
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verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- Cassel
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noun,
Kassel.
- Cassia
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noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- Cassie
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noun,
huisache.
- casual
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noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- Casper
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noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Caspar
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noun,
one of the three Magi.
- Casals
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noun,
Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
- Rascal
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noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- Russia
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noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cesura
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noun,
caesura.
- carses
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noun,
bottom land.
- realia
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plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- carpus
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noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- causes
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noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- class.
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- racial
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adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Parcel
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- espial
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noun,
the act of spying.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- parica
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noun,
a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parsec
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- palais
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noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- parses
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Pascal
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noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- Epirus
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noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- passel
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noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- Passer
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noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- Elissa
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noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- Parcae
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noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- palace
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noun,
the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- lauras
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noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- lapses
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapsus
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noun,
a slip or lapse.
- lascar
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noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- Isaacs
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noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- lauric
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adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Icarus
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noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- Laurie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Leucas
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noun,
Levkas.
- lipase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Lucias
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- pacers
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noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- pairle
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noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- pauses
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noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- clasps
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noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- prases
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- crasis
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noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- craals
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noun,
kraal.
- pulsar
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noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- pulses
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- purses
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noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- clause
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noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- crisps
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noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- pluses
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noun,
a plus quantity.
- Persia
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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.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- earlap
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noun,
earflap.
- picara
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noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- piculs
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- curses
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noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- pileus
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noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- Pisces
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noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- cupels
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noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- placer
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- places
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noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- cuisse
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noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- plaice
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noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- pleur-
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- pleura
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plisse
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noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- plasia
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- sacral
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adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- caries
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noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- aspics
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noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- sirups
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noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- scrips
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noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- super-
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- Alesia
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noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- 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):
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- supers
-
noun,
Informal.
a superintendent, especially of an apartment house.
supermarket.
supernumerary.
supervisor.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scler-
-
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- scaups
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- spicas
-
noun,
spike2 .
- supra-
-
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- sculp.
-
- sculps
-
verb (used with object),
to sculpture; carve or model.
- scarps
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- 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.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- spruce
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- Aeacus
-
noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- sprues
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spices
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Apulia
-
noun,
a department in SE Italy. 7442 sq. mi. (19,275 sq. km). Capital: Bari.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Spears
-
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.
- slurps
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- capias
-
noun,
a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
- spaces
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- apical
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- salpas
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- Scales
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Upsala
-
noun,
Uppsala.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- scapes
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Parl.
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Paula
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Paul.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- Pauli
-
noun,
Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- pass.
-
- pases
-
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.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- spec.
-
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- spies
-
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- leuc-
-
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- 30-30
-
- pari-
-
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Parca
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- para-
-
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- pale-
-
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- pacas
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- 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.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- 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.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- scups
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- recip
-
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- sarc-
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- saris
-
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.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- resp.
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- pilau
-
noun,
pilaf.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- 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.
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- picul
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Prus.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- 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.
- Pres.
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Seric
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- prae-
-
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- plur.
-
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- Ecua.
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capra
-
noun,
Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- caps.
-
- Capua
-
noun,
a town in NW Campania, in S Italy, N of Naples.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Icel.
-
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clase
-
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carp-
-
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cupel
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- culpa
-
noun,
Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect (distinguished from dolus):
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- caus.
-
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ASPCA
-
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- apses
-
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.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- AAPSS
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Ipsus
-
noun,
an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- apace
-
adverb,
with speed; quickly; swiftly.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aeri-
-
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Alas.
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- supr
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- acea
-
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- 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.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- aer-
-
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- Sra.
-
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ACLU
-
- ACLS
-
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- cis-
-
- USAR
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- 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.
- USCA
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- clar
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- USIA
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- USIS
-
- USPS
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- USRC
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- cir.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- repl
-
- Cels
-
- Rep.
-
- AAUP
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- AARP
-
- rel.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- uria
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- seps
-
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.
- Apr.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- asc-
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- 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.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sers
-
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).
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- APSA
-
- ARIS
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- cap.
-
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ala.
-
- SASE
-
- 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.
- Aire
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- SLIC
-
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- 1080
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- saur
-
- Cal.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- asis
-
- clep
-
- SPCA
-
- scr.
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Alis
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- ASSR
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aur-
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Aus.
-
- purs
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- paua
-
noun,
a large, edible abalone of New Zealand, Haliotis iris, the shell of which is used in making jewelry.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- epi-
-
- 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.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- ESIS
-
- esp.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- par.
-
- ELAS
-
- per.
-
- IAEA
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- 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.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- pil-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- 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.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PERL
-
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pers
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Ire.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lea.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- isls
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ical
-
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ice.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- paca
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- ile-
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- cule
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- prs.
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Cres
-
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- prec
-
- PLSS
-
- pre-
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- psia
-
- psec
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Les
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Ir.
-
- PSS
-
- SPR
-
- IRL
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- CPA
-
- 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.
- pc.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- IRC
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- AIC
-
- lep
-
- CPI
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSS
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- 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.
- APC
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Apl
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- IPA
-
- ALU
-
- CPR
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- AEC
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PUC
-
- APS
-
- ILS
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- SLR
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- CPL
-
- SLP
-
- ILP
-
- ALC
-
- Sr.
-
- AEA
-
- UPI
-
- Ar.
-
- ur-
-
- AUC
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- AAE
-
- AAP
-
- UPC
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- up-
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Aar
-
- UCR
-
- UAE
-
- USS
-
- USA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- al.
-
- La.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- USR
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- USP
-
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- cle
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- AIA
-
- USC
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ure
-
- UAR
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ae.
-
- ss.
-
- ACS
-
- SSR
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- SRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LCI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CLR
-
- CLU
-
- IRS
-
- SPS
-
- LCA
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sus
-
- RCS
-
- AAU
-
- IUS
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ISR
-
- RCP
-
- Re.
-
- ISA
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ACP
-
- RPS
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SLE
-
- Pa.
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- CSR
-
- sc.
-
- CAI
-
- CAA
-
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- CSA
-
- PLR
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- ECA
-
- PRA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- SCP
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- AUA
-
- CEA
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- SLA
-
- ASU
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- pli
-
- ec-
-
- EPA
-
- 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.
- RSS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RSA
-
- SAE
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAA
-
- Sp.
-
- RSE
-
- 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:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PLC
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- Rs.
-
- 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.
- SAR
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- Ep.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- REA
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- CPU
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- Pr.
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- ics
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CPS
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- Ps.
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- Ia.
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- PAC
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noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- PSA
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- ial
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- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- CRS
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- ARP
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noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IAS
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- CIA
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- RCA
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- PSC
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- CIE
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- il-
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- CIP
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- PSE
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- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sis
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noun,
sister.
- ier
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- ARS
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- Esc
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- CRP
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- ASI
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- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- SCS
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- EPS
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ase
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- PRC
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- se-
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ERP
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ESA
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- cep
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noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ESL
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- Sep
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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
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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).
- eu-
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- ESU
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- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- ARU
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- CLI
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- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ESR
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- SA
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- A.
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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.
- L1
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- L2
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- S.
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SL
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- RU
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- AI
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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.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- PU
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- UC
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- IP
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- U.
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- le
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- SU
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CE
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- RI
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- i.
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- ic
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- RC
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CU
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- L.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- UI
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- UL
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- LR
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- R.
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- LC
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- RP
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.