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Word stenopetalous has
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- postulants
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noun,
a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- pleustons
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noun,
a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- poussette
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noun,
a dance step in which a couple or several couples dance around the ballroom, holding hands, as in country dances.
- soapstone
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noun,
a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
- potstones
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noun,
a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- tonoplast
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noun,
a membrane separating a vacuole from the surrounding cytoplasm in a plant cell.
- slant-top
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adjective,
(especially of a desk) having a slant front.
- postulate
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verb (used with object),
to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulant
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noun,
a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- alouettes
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noun,
French. a lark.
- unsettles
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verb (used with object),
to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb:
- petuntses
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noun,
a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.
- Opelousas
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noun,
a city in S Louisiana.
- stolonate
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adjective,
having stolons; developing from a stolon.
- tetanuses
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noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- sostenuto
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noun,
a movement or passage played in this manner.
- unsettle
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verb (used with object),
to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb:
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Paulette
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Paul.
- antelope
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noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
- unlooses
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
- apolunes
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noun,
the point in a lunar orbit that is farthest from the moon.
- pulsates
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- unstates
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- potestas
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noun,
the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
- teleosts
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noun,
Also called teleostome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-] /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/ (Show IPA). a teleost fish.
- pentoses
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- potstone
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noun,
a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- soutanes
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noun,
a cassock.
- potatoes
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noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- noteless
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adjective,
not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
- ten-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- petalous
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adjective,
having petals.
- stoutens
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verb (used with object),
to make stout.
- tuneless
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adjective,
unmelodious; unmusical.
- petulant
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adjective,
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance:
- petuntse
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noun,
a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.
- polentas
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- eelpouts
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- platoons
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- unsteels
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
- pleuston
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noun,
a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- espousal
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noun,
adoption or advocacy, as of a cause or principle.
- teaspoon
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noun,
a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- lunettes
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noun,
any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
- setulose
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adjective,
having or covered with setulae.
- toluenes
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
- paletots
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noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- upstates
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noun,
the part of a state that is farther north or farther from the chief city, especially the northerly part of New York State.
- Ouessant
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noun,
French name of Ushant.
- outspent
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adjective,
worn-out; exhausted.
- outspans
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noun,
the act or a place of outspanning.
- outsoles
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noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- selenous
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adjective,
selenious.
- Alouette
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noun,
French. a lark.
- toluates
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noun,
a salt or ester of any of the four isomeric toluic acids.
- palettes
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noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- outsleep
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verb (used with object),
to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- sepalous
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- outlasts
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verb (used with object),
to endure or last longer than:
- outleaps
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- 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.
- toluate
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noun,
a salt or ester of any of the four isomeric toluic acids.
- Staples
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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.
- outleap
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- platoon
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- penults
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noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- pesetas
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- spousal
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noun,
Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- toupees
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noun,
a man's wig.
- stolons
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noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- eelpout
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- pestles
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- pettles
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verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- outspan
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noun,
the act or a place of outspanning.
- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- Lenapes
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noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- outpost
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noun,
a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack:
- outsole
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noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- testons
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- outsets
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noun,
the beginning or start:
- petasus
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noun,
a broad-brimmed hat worn by ancient Greek travelers and hunters, often represented in art as a winged hat worn by Hermes or Mercury.
- teutons
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noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- oleates
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noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- elapses
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noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- pentose
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- eluates
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noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- steato-
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- Palouse
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noun,
a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- osselet
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noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- latests
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- spleens
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noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- patents
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noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- opulent
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adjective,
characterized by or exhibiting opulence:
- tootles
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noun,
the sound made by tooting on a flute or the like.
- spleno-
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- tonuses
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noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- pastose
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adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- tonlets
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noun,
a skirt of plates.
- espouse
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verb (used with object),
to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- espanol
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noun,
the Spanish language.
- epaulet
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noun,
an ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms, chiefly by military officers.
- tousles
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- paletot
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noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- toluene
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
- pastels
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- tosspot
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noun,
a tippler; drunkard.
- Penates
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plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- peltate
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adjective,
having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- palette
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noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- peloton
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noun,
an ornamental glass made in Bohemia in the late 19th century, usually having a striated overlay of glass filaments in a different color.
- enolate
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noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Stetson
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- topless
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adjective,
lacking a top:
- Steptoe
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noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- ensouls
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- stepson
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noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- pattens
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noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- septate
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adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- pleases
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- nutlets
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noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- salutes
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noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- unsteel
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
- suttees
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noun,
sati.
- unstate
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- saloops
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noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- Susette
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noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- unseats
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- loosens
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- unseals
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verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- nettles
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- apolune
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noun,
the point in a lunar orbit that is farthest from the moon.
- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- unloose
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
- puttees
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noun,
a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
- Neupest
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noun,
German name of Ujpest.
- sunspot
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noun,
one of the relatively dark patches that appear periodically on the surface of the sun and affect terrestrial magnetism and certain other terrestrial phenomena.
- unsteps
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verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- unstops
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verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- teleost
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noun,
Also called teleostome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-] /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/ (Show IPA). a teleost fish.
- Lunette
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noun,
any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
- lotuses
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noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- septets
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noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- tautens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- sensual
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adjective,
pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- sensate
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adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- aeneous
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adjective,
bronze-colored:
- seleno-
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- setouts
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noun,
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- taluses
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noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- upstate
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noun,
the part of a state that is farther north or farther from the chief city, especially the northerly part of New York State.
- teapots
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noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- settles
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noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- teasels
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- sapotes
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noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- pulsate
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- nestles
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- outlast
-
verb (used with object),
to endure or last longer than:
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- polenta
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- Lepanto
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noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- leptons
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- solutes
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noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- stouten
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verb (used with object),
to make stout.
- n-tuple
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noun,
a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
- telsons
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- Auslese
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a wine made in Germany from carefully selected ripe grapes.
- postals
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- Tuonela
-
noun,
the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- tupelos
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noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- plutons
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noun,
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- poetess
-
noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- attunes
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- solates
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- nutates
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- let-out
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a means of escape; loophole.
- pottles
-
noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- tetanus
-
noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- stales
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stools
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noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- louses
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noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- tasset
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noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- luteo-
-
- Stoops
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- ousels
-
noun,
ouzel.
- nutlet
-
noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- 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.
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- osteo-
-
- stouts
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sunset
-
noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- stupes
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- onuses
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- stupas
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- steno-
-
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- suttee
-
noun,
sati.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- statue
-
noun,
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- status
-
noun,
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- suttle
-
adjective,
a frequent misspelling of subtle.
- opuses
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- steels
-
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.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- outlet
-
noun,
an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit.
- snoots
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- saloop
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- sloops
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- slopes
-
- puttee
-
noun,
a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- snoops
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- pulses
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- snoose
-
noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- poults
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- pottos
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- pottle
-
noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- potato
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- potass
-
noun,
potash.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- posole
-
noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- saltus
-
noun,
oscillation (def 5b).
- soleus
-
noun,
a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sestet
-
noun,
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Compare octave (def 4a).
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- selen-
-
- setout
-
noun,
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- saults
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- slates
-
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.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sleeps
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Pontus
-
noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- pauses
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- splats
-
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.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- pattle
-
noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- splen-
-
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- peanut
-
noun,
the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- spools
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- panto-
-
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- spoons
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- paleon
-
- paleo-
-
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- spouse
-
noun,
either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- spouts
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- outset
-
noun,
the beginning or start:
- spelts
-
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.
- tauto-
-
- solons
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- plano-
-
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- pluton
-
noun,
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- pluses
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- Plauen
-
noun,
a city in E Germany.
- Platte
-
noun,
a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- speels
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- sotols
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- pettle
-
verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- souple
-
noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- penult
-
noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- penta-
-
- Peneus
-
noun,
ancient name of Salambria.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- Peleus
-
noun,
a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- loupes
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- stoups
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- lepto-
-
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- Toulon
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France: naval base.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- lapsus
-
noun,
a slip or lapse.
- lapses
-
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:
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- unless
-
conjunction,
except under the circumstances that:
- Teuton
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- letups
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- teleo-
-
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- anuses
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Euless
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- testes
-
noun,
plural of testis.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- leases
-
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.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- tenuto
-
adjective,
Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Tupelo
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tussal
-
adjective,
pertaining to tussis.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- tussle
-
noun,
a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
- astute
-
adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- tutees
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- aspens
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- 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.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- looses
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- elutes
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- ensues
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- upsets
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- tootle
-
noun,
the sound made by tooting on a flute or the like.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- tossup
-
noun,
the tossing of a coin to decide something by its fall.
- unstop
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Aust.
-
- poet.
-
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- topo-
-
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- 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.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- 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.
- auto.
-
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- pleo-
-
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- ento-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- span-
-
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- solus
-
adjective,
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- peta-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- plan-
-
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- plat.
-
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- plast
-
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- pene-
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Sans.
-
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- sates
-
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.
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- 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.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- salts
-
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.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- 30-30
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- USLTA
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seats
-
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.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- assn.
-
- asst.
-
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- post-
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- poss.
-
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- atto-
-
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- snaps
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- putts
-
noun,
an act of putting.
- putto
-
noun,
a representation of a cherubic infant, often shown winged.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- sluts
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- ulpan
-
noun,
an institute or school for intensive study of Hebrew, especially by immigrants to Israel.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- soaps
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- ulent
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- noto-
-
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- noso-
-
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- onto-
-
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- oleo-
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- 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.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- teno-
-
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- tele-
-
- step-
-
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lusts
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- lotto
-
noun,
a game of chance in which a leader draws numbered disks at random from a stock and the players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards, the winner being the first to cover a complete row.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- naso-
-
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- neut.
-
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- Supt.
-
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- naut.
-
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- pale-
-
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Teut.
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- 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:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- pant-
-
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- tono-
-
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- pass.
-
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- oste-
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- stat.
-
- opto-
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- 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.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- 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.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Sol.
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USPS
-
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- USPO
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- soln
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- USNA
-
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- 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.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- ulto
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- ten.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Tues
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- tel-
-
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 1080
-
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- sepn
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- ole-
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- neo-
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- oto-
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- att.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- attn
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- alt.
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aet.
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- 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.
- apo-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ELAS
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eous
-
- est.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- PLSS
-
- pnea
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pol.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Pet.
-
- pos.
-
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- 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.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- SASE
-
- 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.
- pot.
-
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- PSAT
-
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- putt
-
noun,
an act of putting.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- out-
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Pan.
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pal.
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- pat.
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Sp.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- So.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ean
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TPN
-
- TSE
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- TSP
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- St.
-
- OPA
-
- OOT
-
- SST
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- TTS
-
- eo-
-
- TSS
-
- SLP
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EPS
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ESU
-
- PTT
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- ss.
-
- STL
-
- oo-
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- ESA
-
- EPT
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- oon
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- SSA
-
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- SSE
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- ene
-
- en-
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- SSN
-
- SLE
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALU
-
- OSS
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- up-
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ot-
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- 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.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ae.
-
- USN
-
- an.
-
- USO
-
- USP
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- al.
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ap-
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- Sta
-
- ASN
-
- at.
-
- ASU
-
- ETO
-
- ast
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- USA
-
- USS
-
- UAE
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ase
-
- AOU
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ult
-
- se-
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- SLA
-
- Une
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- APS
-
- UNO
-
- unp
-
- uns
-
- Apl
-
- ose
-
- 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.
- ons
-
- SNU
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- op.
-
- NSA
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSS
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LPN
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- 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.
- NSU
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- NUL
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- pl.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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.
- PLA
-
- OSA
-
- ETS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- LON
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- PLO
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- STP
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Sus
-
- NOP
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- TAL
-
- NEA
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ne-
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- PTO
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- pt.
-
- Npt
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- OAO
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SPS
-
- La.
-
- OEO
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OTS
-
- Ola
-
- spt
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- eu-
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lt.
-
- TNT
-
- tlo
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- PSA
-
- Pa.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- PSE
-
- PSS
-
- OAU
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Les
-
- lep
-
- OAP
-
- OAS
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- POA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ps.
-
- SU
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TL
-
- TN
-
- t.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- T1
-
- PU
-
- L.
-
- NL
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OA
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TT
-
- TP
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- U.
-
- O.
-
- SL
-
- UL
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L2
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- le
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- ol
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- ee
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NP
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- SN
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.