scopes 6 1 verb, noun v, n noun • Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
mopes 5 1 noun n noun • an informal expression for a mildly depressed state
dopes 5 1 noun n noun • street names for marijuana
• an ignorant or foolish person
• carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts
• slang terms for inside information
verb • take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
• add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
• give a narcotic to
gropes 6 1 verb v noun • the act of groping; and instance of groping
verb • feel about uncertainly or blindly
• search blindly or uncertainly
• fondle for sexual pleasure
hopes 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • a specific instance of feeling hopeful
• United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
• the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
• someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
• one of the three Christian virtues
verb • expect and wish
• be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
• intend with some possibility of fulfilment
ropes 5 1 noun n noun • a strong line
• street names for flunitrazepam
verb • catch with a lasso
• fasten with a rope
slopes 6 1 noun n noun • an elevated geological formation
• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
tropes 6 1 noun n noun • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
stopes 6 1 verb, adverb, noun v, adv, n noun • birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
boltropes 9 2 noun n
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elopes 6 2 verb v verb • run away secretly with one's beloved
nightscopes 11 2
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opes 4 1 verb v popes 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • the head of the Roman Catholic Church
• English poet and satirist (1688-1744)
presbyopes 10 2 noun n noun • a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens
pyropes 7 2 noun n noun • a deep red garnet used as a gemstone
tightropes 10 2 noun n noun • tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground
topes 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
verb • drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
aeroscopes 10 3
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allotropes 10 3 noun n noun • a structurally different form of an element
antelopes 9 3 noun n noun • graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
antipopes 9 3 noun n noun • someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected
baroscopes 10 3 noun n
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bioscopes 9 3 noun n noun • a South African movie theater
• a kind of early movie projector
borescopes 10 3 noun n noun • An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.
cystoscopes 11 3 noun n noun • A form of endoscope used to examine the ureter and the bladder.
deuteranopes 12 4 noun n noun • One who has deuteranopia.
dichroscopes 12 3 noun n
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electroscopes 13 4 noun n noun • measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign
emmetropes 10 3 noun n
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endoscopes 10 3 noun n noun • a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
episcopes 9 3 noun n noun • A form of epidiascope that projects images of opaque objects
fetoscopes 10 3 noun n noun • a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat
fiberscopes 11 3 noun n noun • a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs
fluoroscopes 12 3 noun n noun • an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation
gastroscopes 12 3 verb, noun v, n noun • a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach
gyroscopes 10 3 noun n noun • rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
hodoscopes 10 3 noun n noun • (physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle
horoscopes 10 3 noun n noun • a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
• a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place
hyperopes 9 3 noun n noun • a person with hyperopia; a farsighted person
interlopes 10 3 verb • encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license
kaleidoscopes 13 4 noun n noun • a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
• an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
kinescopes 10 3 noun n noun • a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
kinetoscopes 12 4 noun n noun • a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture
laparoscopes 12 4 noun n noun • a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery
laryngoscopes 13 4 noun n noun • a medical instrument for examining the larynx
microscopes 11 3 noun n noun • magnifier of the image of small objects
otoscopes 9 3 noun n noun • medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane)
overhopes 9 3
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pericopes 9 3 noun n noun • A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
• A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.
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