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- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- therapies
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noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- shiralee
-
noun,
swag2 (def 2).
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- harelips
-
noun,
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- Pharisee
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noun,
a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- heeltaps
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noun,
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- Asherite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Asher.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- preheats
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verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- philters
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noun,
a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- philtres
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noun, verb (used with object),
philter.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- leathers
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- earlship
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noun,
earldom (def 1).
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- Thespiae
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noun,
a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- pearlite
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- telphers
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- hearties
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noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- prithee
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interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- heeltap
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noun,
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- spheral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sphere.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- helpers
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noun,
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- philtre
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noun, verb (used with object),
philter.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- tephras
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noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- sharpie
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noun,
sharper.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- telpher
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- philter
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noun,
a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- Heaters
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noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- slither
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noun,
a slithering movement; slide.
- Theresa
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noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Elspeth
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- thalers
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- halites
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noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- halters
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- harelip
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noun,
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Harpies
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- threaps
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noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- harpist
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noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- harslet
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noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- healers
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noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- Theiler
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noun,
Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- reshape
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verb (used with object),
to shape again or into different form.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- shelter
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noun,
something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- aethers
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noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- preheat
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verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- relapse
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- slather
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noun,
Often, slathers. a generous amount:
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- leather
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- lathers
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noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- sheitel
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noun,
a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- Sarthe
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- halter
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noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- repeat
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- saithe
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noun,
pollock.
- espial
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noun,
the act of spying.
- patri-
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- lathes
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noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Repeal
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- tapirs
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noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Esther
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noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- latish
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adjective,
somewhat or rather late.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- relish
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noun,
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- lathis
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spiral
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- halers
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- haters
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noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- hepta-
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- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- hereat
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adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- herpes
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noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- theirs
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Hester
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noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- sphere
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Hitler
-
noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- lethes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- Ilesha
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- teleph
-
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- hepat-
-
- Helper
-
noun,
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- palish
-
adjective,
somewhat pale.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- hearts
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noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Heater
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noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- reship
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verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- ralphs
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- spilth
-
noun,
spillage (def 1).
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- alephs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- septi-
-
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- phials
-
noun,
vial.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- Philae
-
noun,
an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- phiale
-
noun,
a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Sheila
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Elisha
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Eliseus [el-i-see-uh s] /ˌɛl ɪˈsi əs/ (Show IPA). a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century b.c., the successor of Elijah. II Kings 3–9.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- thirls
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Pres.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Plath
-
noun,
Sylvia, 1932–63, U.S. poet.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Srta.
-
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- plash
-
noun,
a gentle splash.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- plast
-
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- plat.
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pret.
-
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- part.
-
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- 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.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- patr-
-
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- path-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Parl.
-
- pari-
-
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Phil.
-
- Lith.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Phila
-
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- phile
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- 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.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- peta-
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- petr-
-
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Ralph
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- pale-
-
- 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.
- petri
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phial
-
noun,
vial.
- prae-
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Esth.
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Ephes
-
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- treas
-
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- alti-
-
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- seti-
-
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- arith
-
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- resp.
-
- Isth.
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- aeri-
-
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- tele-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- IATSE
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 30-30
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- rept.
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ital.
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- shlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- helps
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- heli-
-
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- 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.
- aleph
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- herp.
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- rhet.
-
- tera-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- hist.
-
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- shpt.
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- hier-
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- pre-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- shr.
-
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Rep.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- rpt.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repl
-
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- pts.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- prs.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- PSAT
-
- psia
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 1080
-
- lit.
-
- Sra.
-
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- hal-
-
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- the-
-
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Eth.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- esp.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- epit
-
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- Eph.
-
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- ile-
-
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- ter.
-
- HRIP
-
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- her.
-
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- epi-
-
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Apr.
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- aph-
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tri-
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
-
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ARIS
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ates
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- 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.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- 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:
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- per.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- phr.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- Phar
-
- Ste.
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- perh
-
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Ire.
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Lat.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- lea.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- thi-
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- TSH
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Sta
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SLA
-
- TSI
-
- St.
-
- Sr.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- TSP
-
- TRH
-
- tra
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tlr
-
- SLP
-
- STP
-
- STL
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SLR
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TIA
-
- SPR
-
- tph
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TPI
-
- Tpr
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tr.
-
- TAL
-
- SLE
-
- spt
-
- th-
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- STI
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Hts
-
- ht.
-
- HST
-
- hrs
-
- HRE
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- IAS
-
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- hr.
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- ial
-
- ier
-
- ese
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ish
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- IRS
-
- IHP
-
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- iph
-
- IPA
-
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- IHS
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- APS
-
- Apl
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ASI
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AHL
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AHE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- al.
-
- ap-
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ERT
-
- EIS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eir
-
- ASR
-
- Ehr
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ist
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Re.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSA
-
- PRA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- pli
-
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sht
-
- shp
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- SHA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- 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.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PLR
-
- 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:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Pa.
-
- ltr
-
- LTh
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Pr.
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- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
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- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
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- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Ps.
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- pah
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- PHA
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- Peh
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noun,
pe.
- Phi
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noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PhL
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- PHS
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- pee
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noun,
the letter p.
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- pt.
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- le
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- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- SL
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- h.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HP
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LH
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- L2
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- S.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
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- sh
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interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- SA
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- t.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IP
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- RI
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- R.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- eh
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interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- i.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- T1
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- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LR
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- RP
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- TL
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TP
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- HL
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- RH
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- PH
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).