Anagrams of self-deception
Word self-deception has
1733 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of self-deception.
- deflections
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noun,
the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
- Pleistocene
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- deflection
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noun,
the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
- open-field
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noun,
any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
- fieldstone
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noun,
unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- felo-de-se
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noun,
a person who commits suicide or commits an unlawful malicious act resulting in his or her own death.
- pestilence
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noun,
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- telescope
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noun,
an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed.
Compare radio telescope.
- defection
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noun,
desertion from allegiance, loyalty, duty, or the like; apostasy:
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- centipede
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noun,
any of numerous predaceous, chiefly nocturnal arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having an elongated, flattened body composed of from 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, the first pair being modified into poison fangs.
- flections
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noun,
the act of bending.
- diplotene
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noun,
a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.
- splenetic
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noun,
a splenetic person.
- nosepiece
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noun,
the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- deception
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noun,
the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
- one-piece
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noun,
Also called one-piecer. a one-piece garment.
- denticles
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- selection
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noun,
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- toepieces
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noun,
toecap.
- deletions
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- stenopeic
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noun,
a device, as of wood, metal, or cardboard, with a narrow horizontal slit, worn over the eyes for protection against bright sunlight.
- despotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- deselect
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verb (used with object),
to discharge (a trainee) from a program of training.
- depletes
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verb (used with object),
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of:
- Pliocene
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noun,
the Pliocene Epoch or Series.
- cineoles
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- pinfolds
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noun,
a pound for stray animals.
- selenite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- coleseed
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noun,
the seed of the rape.
- ice-floe
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noun,
a large flat mass of floating ice.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- selenide
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noun,
any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.
- flection
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noun,
the act of bending.
- codeines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- closeted
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- epicenes
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noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- epidotes
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- election
-
noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- clip-fed
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adjective,
(of a rifle) loading from a cartridge clip into the magazine.
- Eteocles
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noun,
a son of Oedipus and the brother of Polynices, by whom he was slain.
Compare Seven against Thebes (def 1).
- poncelet
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noun,
Jean Victor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1788–1867, French mathematician.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- potlines
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- potences
-
noun,
potency.
- D-notice
-
noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- feedlots
-
noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- felonies
-
noun,
an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- inflects
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verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- diplonts
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noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- denticle
-
noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- enlistee
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noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- defences
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- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- deep-set
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adjective,
placed far in:
- pedicles
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noun,
a small stalk or stalklike support, as the connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen in certain arachnids.
- licensee
-
noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- lepidote
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adjective,
covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- declines
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- deflects
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verb (used with or without object),
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
- confides
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verb (used with object),
to tell in assurance of secrecy:
- 11-point
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- pentodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- deletion
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- picotees
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- petioles
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- toepiece
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noun,
toecap.
- pedicels
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noun,
Botany.
a small stalk.
an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
- steelie
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noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- Enfield
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- deepens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become deep or deeper:
- seleno-
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- steepen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- spondee
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noun,
a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- encodes
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- eclipse
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- deciles
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- steeple
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noun,
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- elected
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noun,
elect (def 10).
- enfolds
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verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- enclose
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verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- docents
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noun,
privatdocent.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- spinode
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noun,
cusp (def 3).
- soliped
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noun,
solidungulate.
- despite
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noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- dentils
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- depicts
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verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- deletes
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verb (used with object),
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
- deplete
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verb (used with object),
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of:
- depones
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verb (used with or without object),
to testify under oath; depose.
- deposit
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- splenic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen:
- spleno-
-
- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- despoil
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verb (used with object),
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- defects
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noun,
a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection:
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- defines
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verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- defiles
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noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- spindle
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noun,
a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- diocese
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- diplont
-
noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- defense
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noun,
resistance against attack; protection:
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- defence
-
noun, verb (used with object),
defense.
- dipoles
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noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- Peneios
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- Leonids
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- pencels
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noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- pencils
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noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- leptons
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- pentode
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noun,
a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- pentose
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- peonies
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- petiole
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- infolds
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verb (used with object),
enfold.
- lepido-
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- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- infects
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- lopseed
-
noun,
a weedy plant, Phryma leptostachya, of Asia and North America, having spikes of whitish paired flowers.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Needles
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noun,
a town in SE California: on Colorado River at Arizona line.
- oilseed
-
noun,
any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
- olefins
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- oneself
-
Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- pedicle
-
noun,
a small stalk or stalklike support, as the connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen in certain arachnids.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- linseed
-
noun,
flaxseed.
- pectens
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noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- pedicel
-
noun,
Botany.
a small stalk.
an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
- inflect
-
verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- indoles
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noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- stipend
-
noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- seconde
-
noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- Epsilon
-
noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- felines
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- Epistle
-
noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- episode
-
noun,
an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
- epidote
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- epicene
-
noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- epeeist
-
noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- feedlot
-
noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- felsite
-
noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- pinfold
-
noun,
a pound for stray animals.
- pinoles
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- fondles
-
verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- podites
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- pontils
-
noun,
punty.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- fleeced
-
noun,
the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- pointed
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- finspot
-
noun,
any clinid fish of the genus Paraclinus, having an eyelike spot on the dorsal fin, as P. integripinnis, of California.
- Fiesole
-
noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- deflect
-
verb (used with or without object),
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
- codline
-
noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- Clifton
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- clip-on
-
noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- centile
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- cestode
-
noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- confide
-
verb (used with object),
to tell in assurance of secrecy:
- topside
-
noun,
the upper side.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Celeste
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- cineole
-
noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- codeine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tenfold
-
adverb,
in tenfold measure:
- elect.
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- indef.
-
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Elsene
-
noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- sendee
-
noun,
the person to whom something is sent.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- nocti-
-
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- indecl
-
- Eileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- septi-
-
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- infold
-
verb (used with object),
enfold.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- pencil
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- pencel
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- peloid
-
noun,
mud used therapeutically.
- pensee
-
noun,
a reflection or thought.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- centi-
-
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- enfold
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- Petofi
-
noun,
Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- isodef
-
noun,
uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Fleece
-
noun,
the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Felipe
-
noun,
León (Camino) [le-awn kah-mee-naw] /lɛˈɔn kɑˈmi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1968, Spanish poet, in South America after 1939.
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- felids
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- Felice
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Felicia.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- tepees
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- felsic
-
adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- clifts
-
noun,
cliff.
- police
-
noun,
Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- fiends
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- Fields
-
noun,
W. C (William Claude Dukenfield) 1880–1946, U.S. vaudeville and motion-picture comedian.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- polit.
-
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fences
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- psocid
-
noun,
any of numerous minute winged insects of the family Psocidae (order Psocoptera), including most of the common barklice, having mouth parts adapted for chewing and feeding on fungi, lichens, algae, decaying plant material, etc., and occurring on the bark of trees and the leaves of plants.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Selene
-
noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- selen-
-
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- ft-pdl
-
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- foetid
-
adjective,
fetid.
- foiled
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- fondle
-
verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- secede
-
verb (used without object),
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
- clino-
-
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- escent
-
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- pleio-
-
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- f-stop
-
noun,
the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.
- epodes
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- delfts
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- delete
-
verb (used with object),
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- splen-
-
- denti-
-
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- teleo-
-
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- depose
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from office or position, especially high office:
- depone
-
verb (used with or without object),
to testify under oath; depose.
- colent
-
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- steno-
-
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- cteno-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Confed
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- define
-
verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- contd.
-
- defile
-
noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- defies
-
noun,
a challenge; a defiance.
- needle
-
noun,
a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- defect
-
noun,
a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection:
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- deepen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become deep or deeper:
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- diploe
-
noun,
the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.
- dipole
-
noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- dispel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- celto-
-
- disco-
-
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- diplo-
-
- specif
-
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- lepto-
-
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- speedo
-
noun,
speedometer.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- ploid
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- flocs
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- poet.
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cent.
-
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- fonds
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- plio-
-
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- folic
-
adjective,
of or derived from folic acid.
- folds
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- plods
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- lect.
-
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- flips
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- pelfs
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- filos
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flied
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- OIcel
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- 30-30
-
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- pedi-
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- piled
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- pico-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- ileo-
-
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lipo-
-
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- TOEFL
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- insep
-
- Indo-
-
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- oste-
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- insp.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inst.
-
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- cine-
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Peele
-
noun,
George, 1558?–97? English dramatist.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- FSLIC
-
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- pene-
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Icel.
-
- icons
-
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- licet
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- pedo-
-
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ideo-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Pelee
-
noun,
Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- incl.
-
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- telo-
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- dist.
-
- disc.
-
- spec.
-
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- coel-
-
- coele
-
- dipl.
-
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Sino-
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sito-
-
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- ecol.
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- decl.
-
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Defoe
-
noun,
Daniel, 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deci-
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- step-
-
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- conf.
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- dict.
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- tele-
-
- desc.
-
- dept.
-
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- dent.
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- ESPEC
-
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- post-
-
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- teno-
-
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- felid
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- noct-
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- self-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Scot.
-
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- sect.
-
- Epis.
-
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- epode
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- Epist
-
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- feeds
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- Episc
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ento-
-
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Sept.
-
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- feti-
-
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Fidel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- fidos
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- Field
-
noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- seti-
-
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- encl.
-
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- endo-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- OECD
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- top-
-
- Oct.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- OEEC
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- psec
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- psid
-
- std.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- pos.
-
- pts.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- tel-
-
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- PTSD
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Ont.
-
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- ole-
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- nos-
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- pot.
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- not-
-
- Pol.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Ste.
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- ten.
-
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- SLIC
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Pet.
-
- sepn
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- TODS
-
- sld.
-
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- pil-
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- tion
-
- sci.
-
- pede
-
- peds
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- pled
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- sec.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- ped.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- pct.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- scil
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Pen.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- pelf
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- soln
-
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- 1080
-
- Fed.
-
- Dino
-
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- IEEE
-
- dioc
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- ile-
-
- Din.
-
- dif-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Inc.
-
- IndE
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Inf.
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fops
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dol.
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- dis-
-
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Ind.
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- infl
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DCNL
-
- def.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- itol
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dec.
-
- cts.
-
- iso-
-
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- defs
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ins.
-
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- iod-
-
- dep.
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Den.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Del.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- fond
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- fold
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- EEOC
-
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- FDIC
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- fec.
-
- fedn
-
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- esp.
-
- eso-
-
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- enc.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ence
-
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Esd.
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- feed
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- fol.
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fld.
-
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- Flip
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- floc
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- FLOP
-
noun,
an act of flopping.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fict
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- FEPC
-
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- dpt.
-
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- filt
-
- Fin.
-
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- lond
-
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- clep
-
- Ltd.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- cen.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Cels
-
- cene
-
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- NCTE
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cide
-
- NDSL
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- Ceto
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- cet-
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- enl.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lin.
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Col.
-
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- lip-
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Con.
-
- Cond
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- cpd.
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ed.
-
- efl
-
- EDC
-
- STI
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ef-
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEO
-
- EEO
-
- EDP
-
- CEF
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ctf
-
- ec-
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- SLE
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- EEC
-
- EDT
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- DCL
-
- EEE
-
- Sfc
-
- CST
-
- Co.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ene
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- tpd
-
- cf.
-
- en-
-
- CSF
-
- STL
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- CPO
-
- CSO
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CPI
-
- CDT
-
- EIS
-
- CPL
-
- CED
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIC
-
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).
- ETD
-
- cl.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- ct.
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- cs.
-
- cp.
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- tlo
-
- DFC
-
- DFT
-
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- CLI
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- CPS
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- SOF
-
- STP
-
- Clo
-
- TCS
-
- DET
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Doi
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- di.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- DLC
-
- DLO
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- DLS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TID
-
- do.
-
- DPS
-
- DSC
-
- DSO
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- eo-
-
- DCS
-
- de-
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- DST
-
- CFD
-
- DSP
-
- CFI
-
- CFL
-
- DIL
-
- TLC
-
- DPI
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- CIE
-
- cle
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SLP
-
- CIP
-
- CIF
-
- DPC
-
- CFO
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- spt
-
- St.
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- cfs
-
- CFP
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- TSP
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- pt.
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lif
-
- PDT
-
- PDL
-
- PDF
-
noun,
a file format that makes it possible to display text and graphics in the same fixed layout on any computer screen.
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- PCF
-
- PTO
-
- Ps.
-
- Les
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pd.
-
- pc.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- LOC
-
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- lep
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- LDS
-
- IOT
-
- IPO
-
- IPS
-
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ist
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- LSD
-
- LEO
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- EOE
-
- LCD
-
- LCF
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- LDP
-
- LED
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noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- pf.
-
- NES
-
- OCD
-
- OTC
-
- OSF
-
- OSD
-
- op.
-
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- Npt
-
- nef
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noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ode
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noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- NFC
-
- NFD
-
- NFL
-
- NOP
-
- NFS
-
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nod
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noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NLF
-
- OCS
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ons
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ONI
-
- ONF
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Lot
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noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LPN
-
- LPS
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- NCO
-
- OIt
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NSF
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oid
-
- oic
-
- NDE
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- of-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Lt.
-
- pfc
-
- FIO
-
- PSF
-
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- NOC
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- FET
-
- fic
-
- fid
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noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FCS
-
- pfd
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- PLO
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- pli
-
- plf
-
- fop
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- FOS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PLC
-
- ESL
-
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Ep.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Esc
-
- SED
-
- ese
-
- se-
-
- fcp
-
- SDI
-
- SCP
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- SCF
-
- fo.
-
- ScD
-
- sc.
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- FPS
-
- FOT
-
- Fl.
-
- io-
-
- 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.
- IDP
-
- ILS
-
- ics
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- id.
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ILP
-
- ine
-
- ILO
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- il-
-
- PIO
-
- ide
-
- ECF
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- in.
-
- FTP
-
noun,
File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanging information between computers over a network.
- 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:
- FPO
-
- IOF
-
- IFC
-
- pl.
-
- PID
-
- FPC
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- IOC
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- FD
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FC
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- LC
-
- O.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SF
-
- FP
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- CE
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- TP
-
- IP
-
- NL
-
- L1
-
- DF
-
- dl
-
- LF
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- SN
-
- DN
-
- fn
-
- ee
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TC
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- TN
-
- NI
-
- L2
-
- SL
-
- TL
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- S.
-
- DP
-
- NP
-
- NF
-
- le
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ol
-
- FE
-
- ND
-
- D.
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.