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- endocentric
-
adjective,
(of a construction or compound) having the same syntactic function in the sentence as one of its immediate constituents. Cold water is an endocentric construction, since it functions as would the noun water. Greenhouse is an endocentric compound, since it is a noun as is its head house.
- can-opener
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noun,
a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
- near-point
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noun,
the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- Copernican
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adjective,
of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- concertina
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- toe-dance
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noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- connected
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adjective,
united, joined, or linked.
- connecter
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noun,
connector.
- deception
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noun,
the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- Princeton
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noun,
a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- contained
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adjective,
showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised:
- periodate
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noun,
a salt of a periodic acid, as sodium periodate, Na 2 H 3 IO 6 .
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- anorectic
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noun,
an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.
- pre-Incan
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adjective,
of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- accretion
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noun,
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- anecdotic
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adjective,
anecdotal.
- predicate
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noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- predicant
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noun,
a preacher.
- predation
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noun,
depredation; plundering.
- adipocere
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noun,
a waxy substance produced by the decomposition of dead animal bodies in moist burial places or under water.
- practiced
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- noncredit
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adjective,
(of academic courses) carrying or conferring no official academic credit in a particular program or toward a particular degree or diploma.
- endocrine
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noun,
an internal secretion; hormone.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- apocenter
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- concenter
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate.
- concerted
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- ordinance
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noun,
an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- concentre
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verb (used with or without object),
concenter.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- conceited
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concerned
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noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- internode
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noun,
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
- recondite
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adjective,
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- practice
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- red-tape
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noun,
excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- indecent
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adjective,
offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:
- 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.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- codirect
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verb (used with object),
to direct (a movie or other performance) with another or others.
- codpiece
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noun,
(in the 15th and 16th centuries) a flap or cover for the crotch in men's hose or tight-fitting breeches, usually matching the costume and often decorated.
- pedantic
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adjective,
ostentatious in one's learning.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- anecdote
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noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- cancroid
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noun,
Pathology. a form of cancer of the skin.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- Nearctic
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- decorate
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- cancrine
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adjective,
reading the same backwards as forwards:
- antipode
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noun,
a direct or exact opposite.
- narcotic
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noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- decrepit
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adjective,
weakened by old age; feeble; infirm:
- antinode
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- concrete
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noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- decennia
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noun,
a period of ten years; a decade.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- deponent
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noun,
Law. a person who testifies under oath, especially in writing.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- 11-point
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- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- precinct
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noun,
a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- acceptor
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noun,
accepter.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- open-end
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adjective,
of, relating to, or like an open-end investment company.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- Oedipean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- accepter
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noun,
a person or thing that accepts.
- accepted
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adjective,
generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.:
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- acentric
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adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- dipteron
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- accentor
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noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- crannied
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adjective,
having or full of crannies.
- Draconic
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adjective,
of or like a dragon.
- tendance
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noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- accident
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noun,
an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap:
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Adrienne
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Adrian.
- endpoint
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noun,
the point on each side of an interval marking its extremity on that side.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- pterido-
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- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- dipteran
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- ordnance
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- endocarp
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noun,
the inner layer of a pericarp, as the stone of certain fruits.
- accredit
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verb (used with object),
to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with):
- Occident
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noun,
the Occident.
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
Western Hemisphere.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- Patience
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- cicerone
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- candent
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adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- Candice
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noun,
a female given name.
- cancion
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noun,
song.
- candier
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- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- carotid
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- Dnieper
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noun,
a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- pintado
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- tin-pan
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adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- cerato-
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- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- codeine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- depaint
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- podetia
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noun,
(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- cocaine
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noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- Cadence
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noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- Docetae
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plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- pintano
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- centro-
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- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centri-
-
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- Pioneer
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- proceed
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noun,
proceeds.
something that results or accrues.
the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction:
the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
- protend
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verb (used with object),
to stretch forth.
- Diptera
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noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- portend
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verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
- potence
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noun,
potency.
- epidote
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- practic
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adjective,
practical.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- Caprice
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noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- dipnoan
-
noun,
a dipnoan fish.
- erodent
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adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- endnote
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noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- cardio-
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- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entero-
-
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- diopter
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- predate
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verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- predict
-
verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- ecocide
-
noun,
the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- 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.
- pointed
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- 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.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- eccrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine).
- poniard
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noun,
a small, slender dagger.
- Pontiac
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- Pontian
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noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- ectopia
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ectopic
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adjective,
occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.
- Canopic
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adjective,
pertaining to Canopus.
- pretend
-
adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- canteen
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- caption
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noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- creance
-
noun,
a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.
- parotic
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adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- pandect
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noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- penance
-
noun,
a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- pendant
-
noun,
a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- pendent
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noun,
pendant.
- pennate
-
adjective,
winged; feathered.
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- andiron
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noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- accrete
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adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- pentane
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noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- pentode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- contra-
-
- peracid
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noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- parodic
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adjective,
having or of the nature of a parody.
- percoid
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adjective,
belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.
- orectic
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adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- acetone
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- cranio-
-
- actino-
-
- parotid
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noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- adenine
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noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- cornice
-
noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- adoptee
-
noun,
a person who is adopted.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- actinon
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- peccant
-
adjective,
sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- notepad
-
noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- pannier
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- operand
-
noun,
a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- contend
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- 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.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- Piccard
-
noun,
Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, aeronaut, inventor, and deep-sea explorer: designer of bathyscaphes.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- concept
-
noun,
a general notion or idea; conception.
- pierced
-
adjective,
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- painted
-
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.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- concede
-
verb (used with object),
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit:
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- credent
-
adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- pinnace
-
noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- padrone
-
noun,
a master; boss.
- pinnate
-
adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- padrino
-
noun,
a godfather.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- deciare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- antero-
-
- perinde
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- picador
-
noun,
one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- Peridot
-
noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- cteno-
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- 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.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- Deccan
-
noun,
the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- decoct
-
verb (used with object),
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- depone
-
verb (used with or without object),
to testify under oath; depose.
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- redcap
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- recti-
-
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Dacron
-
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- denti-
-
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- rapido
-
noun,
an express train.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- nitro-
-
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- penta-
-
- Pennie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- nocti-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- 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.
- 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.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- narco-
-
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- neaped
-
adjective,
grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- Nepean
-
noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Pernod
-
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- period
-
noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- pedate
-
adjective,
having a foot or feet.
- petro-
-
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paedo-
-
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- panto-
-
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- pectic
-
adjective,
pertaining to pectin.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patri-
-
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- 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.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- pardon
-
noun,
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- enter-
-
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- ponder
-
verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- dopant
-
noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Dorpat
-
noun,
German name of Tartu.
- radio-
-
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Picard
-
noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- ipecac
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- intro.
-
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- picro-
-
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intra-
-
- iatro-
-
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- icecap
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- inter.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- carpo-
-
- carpic
-
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardi-
-
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- C-in-C
-
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- 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.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Cedric
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- aeron.
-
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adreno
-
- adren-
-
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- adeno-
-
- actin-
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- accord
-
noun,
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
- accept
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- accede
-
verb (used without object),
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- 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.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tiered
-
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.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tinned
-
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.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- andro-
-
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- contin
-
- contd.
-
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- contr.
-
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- Coptic
-
noun,
an Afroasiatic language of Egypt descended from ancient Egyptian, largely extinct as a spoken language since the 16th century but surviving as the liturgical language of the Coptic Church.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- pinene
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- petri
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- petr-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- areo-
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- nano-
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- tonia
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Apoc.
-
- anon.
-
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- peri-
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- retd.
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- 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).
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- pert.
-
- 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.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- peta-
-
- rept.
-
- pico-
-
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- Indo-
-
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- ideo-
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- canc.
-
- poet.
-
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- corpn
-
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- 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.
- corp.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- ation
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- intr.
-
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- 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.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- andr-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- 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.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- acpt.
-
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- pant-
-
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- pari-
-
- oidea
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- aden-
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- part.
-
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- pated
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- 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.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- 30-30
-
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- 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.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- AC/DC
-
adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- ordn.
-
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- acct.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- acet-
-
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- PEDir
-
- pedo-
-
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nona-
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- noct-
-
- pedi-
-
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- pene-
-
- Penn.
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- aero-
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- adopt
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- aeri-
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- caco-
-
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- cent.
-
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cont.
-
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- deci-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- Conn.
-
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Prot.
-
- cero-
-
- econ.
-
- edit.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- ecto-
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Decca
-
noun,
a British radio navigational aid by which a fix is obtained by determining phase difference between continuous-wave signals from two synchronized fixed signals.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- 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.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- proc.
-
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- pron.
-
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- rect.
-
- dict.
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- conc.
-
- recip
-
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Recit
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- recpt
-
- dept.
-
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- dent.
-
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- cert.
-
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- 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.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- rcpt.
-
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- cine-
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Tenn.
-
- prod.
-
- teno-
-
- Port.
-
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- prand
-
- tera-
-
- carp-
-
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- endo-
-
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- copr-
-
- ento-
-
- prae-
-
- Card.
-
- Capt.
-
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- reni-
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- epode
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- pred.
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- deca-
-
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Cant.
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- RONA
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- 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.
- 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.
- rcd.
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pat.
-
- RdAc
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patd
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- 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.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- poda
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- 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.
- rpt.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- 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.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- pot.
-
- Pan.
-
- pnea
-
- 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.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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):
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tron
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trid
-
- tRNA
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- pro-
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- per.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- rit.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- 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.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- top-
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Pet.
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- prec
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pre-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- prin
-
- ten.
-
- 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.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- ter.
-
- tonn
-
- pede
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ped.
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rep.
-
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pct.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- tion
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- rad.
-
- Pen.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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).
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 1080
-
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- cide
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- end-
-
- cet-
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- ence
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- EDTA
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- cir.
-
- enc.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- CERN
-
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- iod-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cat.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Ire.
-
- cap.
-
- 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.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- int.
-
- IndE
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cen.
-
- Ind.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cene
-
- idae
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Cdr.
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- dia-
-
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Din.
-
- Dino
-
- der.
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dioc
-
- ctr.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- depr
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dep.
-
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cort
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Cond
-
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- dpt.
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- crat
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- cpd.
-
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Can.
-
- dat.
-
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Nor.
-
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- NTIA
-
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- ance
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- NIRA
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- OAPC
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- ord.
-
- opia
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acc.
-
- OPer
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Aire
-
- OECD
-
- AInd
-
- Ont.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- cac-
-
- atic
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- ator
-
- NDAC
-
- NCTE
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- NADP
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- 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.
- art.
-
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- CCR
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CTC
-
- 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.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- CTA
-
- CRT
-
- AIC
-
- DAR
-
- CRP
-
- CCP
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- cc.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ac-
-
- CRC
-
- CDC
-
- ap-
-
- ca.
-
- CDT
-
- cte
-
- ACP
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ct.
-
- DOA
-
- cr.
-
- 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.
- do.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- cp.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- CCA
-
- TID
-
- TIA
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- an.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- DAE
-
- Tro
-
- Co.
-
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- TPI
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ard
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- TCA
-
- CEO
-
- CNC
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- RPO
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ATC
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- 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.
- at.
-
- 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.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CIP
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CIE
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIA
-
- CIC
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- CAI
-
- ROP
-
- CPR
-
- ROA
-
- CPO
-
- CEC
-
- CPI
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- CPA
-
- tpd
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CED
-
- RNA
-
- ANC
-
- rnd
-
- ATP
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- APC
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- aor
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CEA
-
- prn
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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:
- PID
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NCO
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NCC
-
- ITC
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- NNE
-
- PIO
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- POC
-
- POA
-
- ide
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDP
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- 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.
- de-
-
- ine
-
- IRO
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOC
-
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- Ir.
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- IRC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNP
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oic
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- pd.
-
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PTO
-
- oid
-
- ODT
-
- NOC
-
- op.
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- Oc.
-
- OED
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- PDT
-
- OTC
-
- PCI
-
- OAP
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCC
-
- OCD
-
- OCR
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ICC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Rd.
-
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DPA
-
- DPC
-
- DPI
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RCP
-
- Dr.
-
- pt.
-
- DRE
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- ECA
-
- REA
-
- DEA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- DET
-
- di.
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- RDC
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- 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.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- ec-
-
- trp
-
- ed.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PRC
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- PRA
-
- EPT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EDT
-
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- POR
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- EEC
-
- en-
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDP
-
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- TN
-
- t.
-
- i.
-
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ic
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- AO
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
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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.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
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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.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
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- OA
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- O.
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- TP
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- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
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- EI
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- NC
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- TD
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- ND
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- NI
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- IP
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- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DN
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- ee
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.