Anagrams of theanthropism
Word theanthropism has
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- misanthrope
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noun,
a hater of humankind.
- antistrophe
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noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- hierophants
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- Thesprotia
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noun,
an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- hithermost
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adjective,
nearest in this direction.
- prestation
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noun,
a payment in money or in services.
- short-time
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noun,
a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced:
- armipotent
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adjective,
strong in battle.
- hierophant
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- impotents
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adjective,
not potent; lacking power or ability.
- phonetist
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noun,
a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- part-time
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noun,
a period of time that is less than the usual or full time.
- therapist
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noun,
a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- Harmonist
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noun,
a person skilled in harmony.
- important
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adjective,
of much or great significance or consequence:
- horsemint
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noun,
a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- harmonies
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noun,
agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- ptomaines
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- Northeast
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noun,
a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- patentors
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- Parthenos
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noun,
an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- no-hitter
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noun,
a no-hit game.
- Thesproti
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plural noun,
the first inhabitants of ancient Epirus.
- Patterson
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noun,
Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- triptanes
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- monteiths
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noun,
a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- thermions
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noun,
an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- protamine
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noun,
any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- Hampshire
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noun,
Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- pantheism
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noun,
the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- spermato-
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- premonish
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verb (used with or without object),
to warn beforehand.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- martinets
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- pantihose
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noun,
pantyhose.
- perianths
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noun,
the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- mishanter
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noun,
a misfortune; mishap.
- orpiments
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- anorthite
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noun,
a white or gray feldspar mineral, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , calcic plagioclase.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- thaneship
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noun,
thanage.
- spearmint
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- Ashtoreth
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noun,
an ancient Semitic goddess, identified with the Phoenician Astarte.
- atrophies
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noun,
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- morphines
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noun,
a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 19 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- senhorita
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noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- theorist
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noun,
a person who theorizes.
- aphorism
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noun,
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton).
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- thermion
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noun,
an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- portents
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- aphorist
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noun,
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- hitherto
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adverb,
up to this time; until now:
- antihero
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noun,
a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.
- Stoneham
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noun,
a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- athonite
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adjective,
of or relating to Mount Athos.
- morphine
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noun,
a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 19 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- apothems
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noun,
a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides.
- rampions
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- Masonite
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- hispano-
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- mateship
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noun,
the state of being a mate.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- trashmen
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noun,
a person who collects trash for removal in a truck.
- tampions
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- heparins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- menorahs
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noun,
a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- hemostat
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noun,
an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- Peronism
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noun,
the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- hematins
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noun,
Biochemistry. heme.
- meropias
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noun,
partial blindness.
- Stanhope
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noun,
a light, open, one-seated, horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels.
- thorites
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noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- tao-tieh
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noun,
the face of a mythical animal with a gaping mouth appearing as a motif in ancient Chinese art.
- shipmate
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noun,
a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- perianth
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noun,
the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- metaphor
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noun,
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”.
Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- Atherton
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noun,
Gertrude (Franklin) (Gertrude Franklin Horn) 1857–1948, U.S. novelist.
- atropism
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noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- patterns
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noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- Matteson
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noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- thermits
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- hapteron
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noun,
a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- Thespian
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a tragedian; an actor or actress.
- nepotism
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noun,
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
- Sheraton
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noun,
Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- transmit
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- hesitant
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adjective,
hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- tranship
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verb (used with or without object),
transship.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Peshitta
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noun,
the principal Syriac version of the Bible.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- haroseth
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noun,
a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- transept
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noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- torments
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noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- shipment
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noun,
an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- postheat
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verb (used with object),
to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- anthrop.
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- sphaero-
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- martinet
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- maintops
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noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- Seraphim
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noun,
a plural of seraph.
- trophies
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noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- patients
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- Monteith
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noun,
a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- phonates
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verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- manropes
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- isotherm
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noun,
Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- prostate
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noun,
prostate gland.
- impotent
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noun,
an impotent person:
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- phorates
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- tritomas
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Stroheim
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noun,
Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- ptomaine
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- patentor
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- triptane
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- 11-point
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- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- teraphim
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plural noun,
idols or images reverenced by the ancient Hebrews and kindred peoples, apparently as household gods.
- teratism
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Phaethon
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noun,
a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
- rhamnose
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noun,
deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- pimentos
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noun,
pimiento.
- strepto-
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- horseman
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noun,
a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- Protista
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- ten-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- phaetons
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noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- rheostat
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noun,
an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- Esthonia
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noun,
Estonia.
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- samphire
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noun,
a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- mohairs
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noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- tampion
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- tampons
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noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- thorias
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noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Shipman
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noun,
a sailor.
- protest
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noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- protist
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noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- shipmen
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noun,
a sailor.
- thorite
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noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- ethiops
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adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- patriot
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noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- promise
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noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- pattern
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noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- 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.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- strophe
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noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- hamster
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noun,
any of several short-tailed, stout-bodied, burrowing rodents, as Cricetus cricetus, of Europe and Asia, having large cheek pouches.
- tin-pot
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adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- Patmore
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noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- Mishnah
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noun,
the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- Hampton
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noun,
Lionel, 1908–2002, U.S. jazz vibraphonist.
- mishear
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verb (used with object),
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly:
- hampers
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noun,
Nautical. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
- Hamites
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noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- throats
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noun,
the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- threats
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noun,
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
- harshen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become harsh:
- ethions
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noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- etatism
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noun,
state socialism.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- harpist
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noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- Harpies
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- Harnett
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noun,
William Michael, 1848–92, U.S. painter.
- Ethanim
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noun,
a month equivalent to Tishri in the modern Jewish calendar. I Kings 8:2.
- harmost
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noun,
a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.
- tipster
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- threaps
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noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- patties
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noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- patient
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patters
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noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- Mithras
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noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- haptens
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noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- mithers
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noun,
mother1 .
- hatpins
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noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- hatters
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noun,
a maker or seller of hats.
- hot-air
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noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- Phineas
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “serpent's mouth or oracle.”.
- smother
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noun,
dense, stifling smoke.
- maintop
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noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- phenoms
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noun,
a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy:
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- sharpen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sharp or sharper.
- Hsiamen
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- Manetho
-
noun,
flourished c250 b.c, Egyptian high priest of Heliopolis: author of a history of Egypt.
- manrope
-
noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- sharpie
-
noun,
sharper.
- manship
-
- phonate
-
verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- phantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- pitmans
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Sephora
-
noun,
Zipporah.
- phaeton
-
noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- shatter
-
noun,
Usually, shatters. fragments made by shattering.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- pettish
-
adjective,
petulantly peevish:
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tephras
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- Sherman
-
noun,
Forrest Percival, 1896–1951, U.S. naval officer.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- inshore
-
adverb,
toward the shore:
- Shapiro
-
noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- phreno-
-
- inphase
-
adjective,
having the same phase.
- isoneph
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same amount of cloudiness.
- phrenia
-
- photism
-
noun,
a form of synesthesia in which a visual sensation, as of color or form, is produced by the sense of touch, hearing, etc.
- teapots
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- phorate
-
noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- impones
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- phonies
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- impers.
-
- impasto
-
noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- pothers
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- tapster
-
noun,
a bartender.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- heriots
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- Postman
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- menhirs
-
noun,
an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
- hepato-
-
- heparin
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
- postmen
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- Menorah
-
noun,
a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- Menotti
-
noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- hemato-
-
- hematin
-
noun,
Biochemistry. heme.
- Permian
-
noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- thirams
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- thither
-
adverb,
Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
- hearths
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- metaph.
-
- Thomsen
-
noun,
Christian Jürgensen [kris-tyahn yoor-guh n-suh n] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈyur gən sən/ (Show IPA), 1788–1865, Danish archaeologist.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- hernias
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- thenars
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- martnet
-
noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- senhora
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- hoarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become hoarse.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- tarnish
-
noun,
a tarnished coating.
- histone
-
noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- Sheitan
-
noun,
Ash-Shaytān.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- therian
-
noun,
a therian animal.
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- hernio-
-
- hipshot
-
adjective,
having the hip dislocated.
- Thermit
-
- thermo-
-
- Thermos
-
noun,
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- hetmans
-
noun,
the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- tithers
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- heroism
-
noun,
the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
- heroins
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- mattins
-
noun,
matin (def 1).
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- Pimento
-
noun,
pimiento.
- rattish
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling a rat.
- stearo-
-
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- statohm
-
noun,
the electrostatic unit of resistance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 ohms and equal to the resistance in a conductor in which one statvolt of potential difference produces a current of one statampere.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Amphion
-
noun,
a son of Antiope by Zeus, and the husband of Niobe. With his twin brother, Zethus, he built the walls of Thebes, charming the stones into place with his lyre.
- ornith-
-
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Rhenish
-
noun,
British. Rhine wine.
- Panther
-
noun,
the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- steato-
-
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- sthenia
-
noun,
strength; excessive vital force.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- stetho-
-
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- sterno-
-
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Rhetian
-
noun,
Raetic.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- at-home
-
noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- athirst
-
adjective,
having a keen desire; eager (often followed by for):
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- atheist
-
noun,
a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
- atheism
-
noun,
the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- shophar
-
noun,
shofar.
- torment
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- anthers
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- shotten
-
adjective,
(of fish, especially herring) having recently ejected the spawn.
- aristo-
-
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- spermo-
-
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- nephro-
-
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- spheno-
-
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- sphero-
-
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- apothem
-
noun,
a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- rompish
-
adjective,
given to romping; frolicsome.
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- naphth-
-
- Orphism
-
noun,
the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- stamin-
-
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- orphans
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- shorten
-
verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- nemato-
-
- transp.
-
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- arseno-
-
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- shortie
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- stomat-
-
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- top-hat
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical hat with a stiff brim usually slightly curved on the sides, worn by men especially on formal occasions.
Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, silk hat.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- shittah
-
noun,
a tree, said to be an acacia, probably Acacia seyal, that yielded the shittim wood of the Old Testament.
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- smitten
-
verb,
a past participle of smite.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- ophites
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Ephraim
-
noun,
the younger son of Joseph. Gen. 41:52.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- stomate
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- tomenta
-
noun,
pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- patents
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- Amherst
-
noun,
Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
- Onitsha
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria, on the Niger River.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Romansh
-
noun,
a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland.
Compare Ladin (def 2).
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- topmast
-
noun,
the mast next above a lower mast, usually formed as a separate spar from the lower mast and used to support the yards or rigging of a topsail or topsails.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- rampion
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- T-shirt
-
noun,
a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- strato-
-
- strati-
-
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- shapen
-
adjective,
having a designated shape (usually used in combination):
- nitro-
-
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- mashie
-
noun,
a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- masher
-
noun,
a person or thing that mashes.
- sperm-
-
- tenths
-
noun,
one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- shanti
-
noun,
peace.
- petro-
-
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- pheno-
-
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- phenom
-
noun,
a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy:
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- siphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- phones
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- phonet
-
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- orphan
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- somat-
-
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- phanos
-
noun,
fanon.
- tarso-
-
- somni-
-
- tempts
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- phren.
-
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- Mahren
-
noun,
German name of Moravia.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- sheath
-
noun,
a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- mirths
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- Pashto
-
noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- patri-
-
- morph-
-
- morphs
-
noun,
Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment.
Compare allomorph (def 2).
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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.
- Minthe
-
noun,
a nymph who was changed into a mint plant by Persephone to protect her from Hades.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- Minhah
-
noun,
the daily Jewish religious service conducted in the afternoon.
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- mishap
-
noun,
an unfortunate accident.
- shohet
-
noun,
a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- monish
-
verb (used with object),
to admonish.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- patho-
-
- strath
-
noun,
a wide valley.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- pathos
-
noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- shmear
-
noun, verb (used with object),
schmear.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- mithan
-
noun,
gayal.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- mopish
-
adjective,
given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- 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.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- Shinto
-
noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- nemat-
-
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- nephr-
-
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- masto-
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spiro-
-
- shrimp
-
noun,
any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Othman
-
noun,
Osman.
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Shrine
-
noun,
a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- steno-
-
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- panto-
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Shinar
-
noun,
a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- penta-
-
- Shiner
-
noun,
a person or thing that shines.
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- MSPhar
-
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- menhir
-
noun,
an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- Namhoi
-
noun,
Nanhai.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- hamper
-
noun,
Nautical. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
- throat
-
noun,
the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- hansom
-
noun,
a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- thresh
-
noun,
the act of threshing.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- Hamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- threat
-
noun,
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
- hapten
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- harems
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- thrash
-
noun,
an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- ethno-
-
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- haemo-
-
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- he-man
-
noun,
a strong, tough, virile man.
- heaths
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- thirst
-
noun,
a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Hemans
-
noun,
Felicia Dorothea (Browne) 1793–1835, English poet.
- anthem
-
noun,
a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism:
- hemat-
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- aniso-
-
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- hemins
-
noun,
the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- Hathor
-
noun,
the goddess of love and joy, often represented with the head, horns, or ears of a cow.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- hasher
-
noun,
a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- hatpin
-
noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- hatter
-
noun,
a maker or seller of hats.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Thomas
-
noun,
an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- astron
-
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- ashmen
-
noun,
a person who collects and disposes of ashes, garbage, and refuse.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Tophet
-
noun,
a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where, contrary to the law, children were offered as sacrifices, especially to Moloch. It was later used as a dumping ground for refuse.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Ashton
-
noun,
Sir Frederick (William) 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- astro-
-
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- rehash
-
noun,
the act of rehashing.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- trans.
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- arsen-
-
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Arnhem
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands, on the Rhine River: World War II battle 1944.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- tithes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- ptero-
-
- tither
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arshin
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- 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.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- sapro-
-
- ephahs
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about a bushel (35 liters).
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- antho-
-
- 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.
- Thames
-
noun,
a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- septi-
-
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Thanet
-
noun,
Octave [ok-tiv,, -teyv] /ˈɒk tɪv,, -teɪv/ (Show IPA) pen name of Alice French.
- thanes
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- thamin
-
noun,
a small deer, Cervus eldi, of southeastern Asia, having long, curved antlers: now reduced in numbers throughout its range.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- hotter
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- iatro-
-
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- hottie
-
noun,
a sexually attractive person.
- Pithom
-
noun,
one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
- ihrams
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- Potash
-
noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- Hosein
-
noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pithos
-
noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- troph-
-
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- inter.
-
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- troths
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- terat-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- imper.
-
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- inmesh
-
verb (used with object),
enmesh.
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- 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.
- aeron.
-
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- histo-
-
- rhino-
-
- Rhines
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- therms
-
noun,
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
- anemo-
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- Thetis
-
noun,
a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- hither
-
Idioms,
hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there:
- amino-
-
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- therm-
-
- thetas
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- amnios
-
- Hetman
-
noun,
the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
- hiero-
-
- amphi-
-
- homers
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- hepat-
-
- theism
-
noun,
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- hepta-
-
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- Rheims
-
noun,
Reims.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Herman
-
noun,
Woodrow ("Woody") 1913–1987, U.S. jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Hermon
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon range. 9232 feet (2814 meters).
- honest
-
adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- AmerSp
-
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Smith
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- pant-
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- shott
-
noun,
chott.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- shpt.
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- reni-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- sito-
-
- Sino-
-
- rhet.
-
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Orth.
-
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- rhoea
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- oste-
-
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- OPers
-
- rhin-
-
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rept.
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Port.
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- semih
-
- Shema
-
noun,
a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- 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.
- peta-
-
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- semi-
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- prem.
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- peri-
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- pert.
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- prae-
-
- 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.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Shiah
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.
- post-
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- seti-
-
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- phore
-
- phot.
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- sero-
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- poet.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- phane
-
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- phon.
-
- Pharm
-
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pres.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- 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.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- pashm
-
noun,
the fine woolly underhair of goats raised in northern India.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- sanit
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- part.
-
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prim.
-
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- pret.
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- path-
-
- shame
-
noun,
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another:
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pros.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- prom.
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- patr-
-
- Hemon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1880–1913, Canadian novelist, born in France.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- hier-
-
- heths
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Theta
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- herp.
-
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herns
-
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- herms
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Hopeh
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Hebei.
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- homes
-
- theo-
-
- hist.
-
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- theor
-
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- Theos
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- thio-
-
- hemps
-
noun,
Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish.
Compare cannabis.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- harsh
-
adjective,
ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect:
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Thoth
-
noun,
the god of wisdom, learning, and magic represented as a man with the head either of an ibis or of a baboon.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- hames
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- hemo-
-
- hemin
-
noun,
the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
- hemia
-
- hemi-
-
- hema-
-
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- Hatti
-
noun,
an ancient people who lived in central Anatolia before its conquest by the Hittites.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tempt
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Iran.
-
- Isth.
-
- tenth
-
noun,
one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
- 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.
- tera-
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- intr.
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- tears
-
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- temp.
-
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hort.
-
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- hosp.
-
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- theat
-
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- Thant
-
noun,
U, U Thant.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- inst.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- teths
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- IATSE
-
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- treas
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- areo-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- arith
-
- anth-
-
- ante-
-
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- Troth
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 30-30
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Amer.
-
- 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.
- toti-
-
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- tithe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- ephah
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about a bushel (35 liters).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- ento-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- haem-
-
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Esth.
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- atmo-
-
- ation
-
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- atto-
-
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonia
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- insep
-
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- month
-
noun,
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Mont.
-
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- 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.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- moths
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miso-
-
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- span-
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- stome
-
- MPers
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- naso-
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nears
-
- Srta.
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- spor-
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- Neth.
-
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- nitr-
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- MSEnt
-
- ster.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- step-
-
- MSPHE
-
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- math.
-
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- maths
-
noun,
mathematics.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matr-
-
- Matt.
-
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- meno-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- mast-
-
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- omni-
-
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meth-
-
- meths
-
noun,
methamphetamine; Methedrine.
- metr-
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- minah
-
noun,
myna.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Minho
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- meso-
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- RONA
-
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Rom.
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- trit
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- shr.
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- tri-
-
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tRNA
-
- tron
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Soni
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sepn
-
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- that
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- the-
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- shim
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- tanh
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- thi-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tasm
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- ter.
-
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- Shem
-
noun,
the eldest of the three sons of Noah. Gen. 10:21.
- Shah
-
noun,
(formerly, in Iran) king; sovereign.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- SMTP
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- Sem.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sat.
-
- Sam.
-
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- rpt.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- str.
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- 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.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tion
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tit.
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- 1080
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neh.
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- neo-
-
- Neph
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Eth.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- esp.
-
- NIMH
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- mRNA
-
- hash
-
noun,
a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- MSAE
-
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- MSHA
-
- MSHE
-
- MSIE
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- MSPE
-
- MSPH
-
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Hahn
-
noun,
Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Nah.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- eso-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- emia
-
- ins.
-
- OHMS
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Emp.
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ont.
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ens.
-
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- NTIA
-
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- Eph.
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- HEAO
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- hom-
-
- MEPA
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- hor.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- inae
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- Imp.
-
- IMHO
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- HRIP
-
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Hos.
-
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- mes-
-
- mesh
-
noun,
any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- her.
-
- MNAS
-
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- HEMP
-
noun,
Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish.
Compare cannabis.
- hem-
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOpt
-
- hehs
-
noun,
he2 .
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- met.
-
- HMAS
-
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- MIPS
-
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- Arm.
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- pnea
-
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- aer-
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- aet.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Apr.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- ano-
-
- Aire
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- amp.
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- ANSI
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- ant.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- apo-
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- pot.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- psia
-
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- aph-
-
- AIME
-
- prin
-
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prs.
-
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- art.
-
- phr.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pam.
-
- Rep.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- 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.
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- ASTM
-
- pat.
-
- attn
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- 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.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- att.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pan.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Pers
-
- 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.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- per.
-
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Phar
-
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- 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.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- perh
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Pen.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- 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.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- ae.
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Tro
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- ine
-
- hrs
-
- TSE
-
- in.
-
- INH
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HST
-
- trp
-
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- TSP
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ht.
-
- TSI
-
- HRE
-
- th-
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- IHP
-
- TSH
-
- IHS
-
- ap-
-
- Ia.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- an.
-
- AHE
-
- io-
-
- Ar.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Am.
-
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Hts
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ean
-
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- EPT
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TNT
-
- TMO
-
- EPS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- tph
-
- TPM
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- tra
-
- TPI
-
- en-
-
- ASN
-
- ATP
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ea.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Ehr
-
- 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.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- at.
-
- EMR
-
- ast
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ASR
-
- EMT
-
- 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).
- ESR
-
- AME
-
- aor
-
- EAM
-
- APS
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- ThM
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- heh
-
noun,
he2 .
- TRH
-
- 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.
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMS
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- ASM
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ASI
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ETS
-
- ase
-
- HIH
-
- HMS
-
- hr.
-
- HRH
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- HSH
-
- HSM
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- hah
-
interjection,
ha.
- TIA
-
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- RNA
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- OTA
-
- pm.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- sht
-
- Pa.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- Pr.
-
- OSP
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- shp
-
- prn
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- shh
-
interjection,
sh.
- PhM
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PHA
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- ipr
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- Ps.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- sho
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- PHS
-
- OSA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ior
-
- OAP
-
- op.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NSA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- OEM
-
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ONR
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OPM
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SMA
-
- OPA
-
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- OIr
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NPR
-
- RTS
-
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- So.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RPM
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- REA
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ROP
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- RPS
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- 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.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- PMT
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- SHA
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- POR
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- PTT
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- SAR
-
- PRA
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSA
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Npt
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- NOP
-
- mi.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIP
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MHR
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHE
-
- MHA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- MIT
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPH
-
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOR
-
- MNA
-
- STP
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MEP
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- MRE
-
- Ir.
-
- ish
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IPS
-
- ISR
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- iph
-
- IPA
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
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- MEA
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noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- M-1
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noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Mat
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noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mas
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noun,
mother1 .
- MAP
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noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Mao
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- MAE
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noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- TAT
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verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- ITA
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- tea
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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.
- Mo.
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- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Teh
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noun,
Te.
- ite
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- STM
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- MOI
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- TTS
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- NEA
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- MTS
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- SPR
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- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NIH
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- NIA
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
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- Sta
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- MTO
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- NHS
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- St.
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- NHI
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- MRI
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- NHA
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- spt
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- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- MTP
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- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NES
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- MTh
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- MSE
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- MSI
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- MSN
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- NMR
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- MST
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- STI
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- NMI
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Mt.
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- MTI
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- MSA
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- mtn
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- MRP
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- MSH
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- S.
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- M.
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- SA
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- NH
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- SM
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- TT
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- TN
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- i.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- O.
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- RP
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TM
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- OA
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- NM
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- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AO
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- IP
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- TP
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- OH
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noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- sh
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interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- t.
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- MN
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- RO
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PH
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
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- MP
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- RI
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- h.
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- SN
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- HH
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- RN
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- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- RH
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- eh
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interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- MH
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- NP
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- NI
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- HP
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