Anagrams of acculturationist
Word acculturationist has
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- acculturation
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noun,
the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.
- naturalistic
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adjective,
imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- auscultation
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. the act of listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis.
- articulation
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noun,
an act or the process of articulating:
- rustication
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noun,
Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- anticarious
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adjective,
preventing or retarding caries.
- contractual
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adjective,
of, relating to, or secured by a contract.
- anticlastic
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adjective,
(of a surface) having principal curvatures of opposite sign at a given point.
- acoustician
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noun,
an acoustic engineer.
- cisatlantic
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adjective,
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the Atlantic.
- circulation
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noun,
an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- accusation
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noun,
a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- acinarious
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adjective,
covered with globose vesicles resembling grape seeds, as certain algae.
- tinctorial
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adjective,
pertaining to coloring or dyeing.
- nutritious
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adjective,
providing nourishment, especially to a high degree; nourishing; healthful:
- saturation
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noun,
the act or process of saturating.
- autocratic
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of autocracy or of an autocrat; absolute:
- salutation
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noun,
the act of saluting.
- altruistic
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adjective,
unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- naturalist
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noun,
a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- catatonics
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adjective,
having catatonia, a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor:
- anacoustic
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adjective,
of or relating to the upper portion of the earth's atmosphere and to interplanetary space, where sound cannot be transmitted because molecules are too far apart to serve as a transmitting medium.
- citronalis
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noun,
lemon verbena.
- incautious
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adjective,
not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless.
- Alcoranist
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noun,
a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- lactations
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noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- circuitous
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adjective,
roundabout; not direct:
- totalistic
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adjective,
totalitarian.
- ustulation
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noun,
the act of scorching or burning.
- antisocial
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noun,
a person exhibiting antisocial traits.
- urtication
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noun,
the development or eruption of urticaria.
- attraction
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noun,
the act, power, or property of attracting.
- ultrasonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
- tacticians
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noun,
a person who is adept in planning tactics.
- souari-nut
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noun,
the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
- titanosaur
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noun,
any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
- uncritical
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adjective,
not inclined or able to judge, especially by the application of comparative standards:
- Louisiana
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noun,
a state in the S United States. 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km). Capital: Baton Rouge.
Abbreviation: LA (for use with zip code), La.
- Noctiluca
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noun,
a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.
- turncoats
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noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- Castilian
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noun,
the dialect of Spanish spoken in Castile.
- catatonic
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adjective,
having catatonia, a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor:
- causation
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noun,
the action of causing or producing.
- saltation
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noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- cat-train
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noun,
a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
- Taruntius
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noun,
a crater in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 38 miles (61 km) in diameter.
- tantalous
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adjective,
containing trivalent tantalum.
- isotactic
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adjective,
(of a polymer) having the same configuration at successive, regularly spaced positions along the chain.
See also configuration (def 4).
- touristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism:
- arcuation
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noun,
the state of being bent or curved.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- Anticosti
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noun,
an island at the head of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in E Canada, in E Quebec province. 135 miles (217 km) long; 3043 sq. mi. (7880 sq. km).
- Antarctic
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noun,
the Antarctic, the Antarctic Ocean and Antarctica.
- lactation
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noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- astronaut
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noun,
a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
- attrition
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noun,
a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength:
- cantorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a cantor.
- auctorial
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adjective,
of, by, or pertaining to an author:
- anaclitic
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adjective,
exhibiting or pertaining to anaclisis.
- ritualist
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noun,
a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
- cilantros
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- intourist
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noun,
a Russian agency that handles travel arrangements for foreign visitors to the former Soviet Union.
- insulator
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noun,
Electricity.
a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible.
insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- calutrons
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noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- canicular
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adjective,
pertaining to the rising of the Dog Star or to the star itself.
- incurious
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adjective,
not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- tactician
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noun,
a person who is adept in planning tactics.
- satirical
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire:
- scalation
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noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- conciliar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or issued by a council.
- Naucratis
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noun,
an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- suctorial
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adjective,
adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- uniocular
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adjective,
monocular.
- culturist
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noun,
a cultivator.
- striction
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noun,
the act of constricting.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- coattails
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noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- situation
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noun,
manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment:
- Conilurus
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- acritical
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adjective,
not critical.
- constrict
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verb (used with object),
to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- Lusitania
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noun,
(italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- construct
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verb (used with object),
to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- contracts
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noun,
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contrails
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- coruscant
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adjective,
sparkling or gleaming; scintillating; coruscating.
- narcotics
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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.
- Corsicana
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noun,
a city in E Texas.
- suctorian
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noun,
a suctorial animal.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- cunctator
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noun,
a procrastinator; delayer.
- curculios
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noun,
any of several weevils, especially one of the genus Conotrachelus, as C. nenuphar (plum curculio) which feeds on plums, cherries, and other fruits.
- Scarlatti
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noun,
Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- courlans
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noun,
the limpkin.
- titulars
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noun,
a person who bears a title.
- curtains
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- Asturian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
- titrants
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noun,
the reagent added in a titration.
- titanous
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adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- Atlantic
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noun,
Atlantic Ocean.
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- titanias
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noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- Clairaut
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noun,
Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- toccatas
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noun,
a composition in the style of an improvisation, for the piano, organ, or other keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the player's technique.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- colistin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- attracts
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verb (used with object),
to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel):
- staccato
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noun,
performance in a staccato manner.
- colicins
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noun,
any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- Curculio
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noun,
any of several weevils, especially one of the genus Conotrachelus, as C. nenuphar (plum curculio) which feeds on plums, cherries, and other fruits.
- cautious
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adjective,
showing, using, or characterized by caution:
- coattail
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noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- attaints
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noun,
Obsolete. a stain; disgrace; taint.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- arnattos
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- curtails
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- tactical
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adjective,
of or relating to tactics, especially military or naval tactics.
- outturns
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noun,
a quantity produced; output.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- Circinus
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noun,
the Compasses, a small southern constellation between Triangulum and Centaurus.
- contract
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noun,
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- lacunars
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noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- contacts
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noun,
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- cislunar
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adjective,
of or relating to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.
- Citation
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noun,
Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry:
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- ironical
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery:
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- critical
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adjective,
inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- Carnatic
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noun,
a historically important region on the SE coast of India: now in Madras state.
- caracols
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noun, verb (used without object),
caracole.
- caraculs
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noun,
Karakul.
- Caulonia
-
noun,
a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- clarions
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- carinula
-
noun,
a small carina.
- cariocas
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noun,
a modification of the samba.
- clarinos
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Carlotta
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Charlotte.
- sciatica
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noun,
pain and tenderness at some points of the sciatic nerve, usually caused by a prolapsed intervertebral disk; sciatic neuralgia.
- Carniola
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noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- Culiacan
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noun,
a city in and capital of Sinaloa state, in NW Mexico.
- Carolina
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noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- cattalos
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noun,
beefalo.
- carousal
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noun,
a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry.
- cattails
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noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- cuticula
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noun,
Zoology. cuticle (def 4).
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- castrato
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noun,
a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- saturant
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noun,
something that causes saturation.
- Tantalic
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adjective,
of or relating to tantalum, especially in the pentavalent state.
- saccular
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adjective,
having the form of a sac.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- cortical
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adjective,
Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- coal-tar
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noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- Austral.
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- autocrat
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noun,
an absolute ruler, especially a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government as by inherent right, not subject to restrictions.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- ructions
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- Sinclair
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noun,
Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- taciturn
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adjective,
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- intortus
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adjective,
(of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Tantalus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head: whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
- instruct
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verb (used with object),
to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- Calcutta
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noun,
former name of Kolkata (but sometimes still used).
- calorics
-
noun,
heat.
- calutron
-
noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- curacaos
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noun,
the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
- Silurian
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noun,
Geology. the Silurian Period or System of rocks.
- rutilant
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adjective,
glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- clitoris
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noun,
the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- Stratton
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noun,
Charles Sherwood ("General Tom Thumb") 1838–83, U.S. midget who performed in the circus of P. T. Barnum.
- Socratic
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noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- antirust
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- acicular
-
adjective,
shaped like a needle.
- Anatolic
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adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- Luristan
-
noun,
a mountainous region in W Iran.
- nautical
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adjective,
of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation:
- acrostic
-
noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- osculant
-
adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- oscitant
-
adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- Alcinous
-
noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- antistat
-
noun,
an antistatic agent.
- acoustic
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noun,
Obsolete. a remedy for deafness or imperfect hearing.
- lunatics
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- linocuts
-
noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- Latinist
-
noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- transact
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verb (used with object),
to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- naturist
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noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- naturals
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- nautilus
-
noun,
Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- Lusatian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- narcotic
-
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.
- turnouts
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noun,
the gathering of persons who come to an exhibition, party, spectacle, or the like:
- tuitions
-
noun,
the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university:
- accruals
-
noun,
the act or process of accruing.
- turncoat
-
noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- tutorial
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noun,
a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
- actinias
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- nocturia
-
noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- altruist
-
noun,
a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- urticant
-
adjective,
producing a stinging or itching sensation.
- accounts
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noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- lutanist
-
noun,
lutenist.
- actuator
-
noun,
a person or thing that actuates.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- nitrolic
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adjective,
of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- Curtius
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noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1814–96, German archaeologist and historian.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- cattalo
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noun,
beefalo.
- tactual
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of touch.
- cattail
-
noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- caustic
-
noun,
a caustic substance.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Tutuila
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noun,
the largest of the islands of American Samoa: excellent harbor at Pago Pago. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- tactics
-
noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) the art or science of disposing military or naval forces for battle and maneuvering them in battle.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- curtail
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- cicalas
-
noun,
cicada.
- uncials
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- Tacitus
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
- Ciliata
-
noun,
the class comprising the ciliate protozoans, considered as belonging in the kingdom Animalia.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- Nilotic
-
noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- saurian
-
noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- Catalin
-
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- carious
-
adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- Carioca
-
noun,
a modification of the samba.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- caracul
-
noun,
Karakul.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- caracol
-
noun, verb (used without object),
caracole.
- occults
-
noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- canulas
-
noun,
cannula.
- canular
-
adjective,
cannular.
- incrust
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- tantras
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Carlota
-
noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- cutouts
-
noun,
something cut out from something else, as a pattern or figure cut out or intended to be cut out of paper, cardboard, or other material.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- turnout
-
noun,
the gathering of persons who come to an exhibition, party, spectacle, or the like:
- turista
-
noun,
tourista.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- surtout
-
noun,
a man's close-fitting overcoat, especially a frock coat.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- iatrics
-
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- carnous
-
adjective,
carnose.
- Alcaics
-
noun,
Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes.
- Ictinus
-
noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- uncoils
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- craniol
-
- courlan
-
noun,
the limpkin.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- colitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- uranias
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- colicin
-
noun,
any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- cranio-
-
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- uranous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent uranium.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- statant
-
adjective,
(of an animal) represented as standing with all feet on the ground:
- lunatic
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- natural
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- Stilton
-
- account
-
noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- coastal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- 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.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- solicit
-
verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- Sno-Cat
-
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- solunar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- urinous
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.
- concurs
-
verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- contra-
-
- urinals
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- contact
-
noun,
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- consult
-
noun,
a consultation.
- constr.
-
- council
-
noun,
an assembly of persons summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Lusatia
-
noun,
a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- accrual
-
noun,
the act or process of accruing.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- Acrilan
-
- Lucania
-
noun,
an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
- uncurls
-
verb (used with or without object),
to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.
- citrons
-
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.
- sciatic
-
noun,
a sciatic part, as a nerve, vein, or artery.
- Curacao
-
noun,
the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- actinal
-
adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- Sultana
-
noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- actinic
-
adjective,
pertaining to actinism.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- curious
-
adjective,
eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- actino-
-
- Nicolai
-
noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- circuit
-
noun,
an act or instance of going or moving around.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- accusal
-
noun,
accusation.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- Uralian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Ural Mountains or their inhabitants.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- stratal
-
adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- strati-
-
- strato-
-
- crucial
-
adjective,
involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical:
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- acicula
-
noun,
a needlelike part; spine, bristle, or needlelike crystal.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- silicon
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- clastic
-
adjective,
Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Taranto
-
noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Latitia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- transl.
-
- lacinia
-
noun,
Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- attract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel):
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- Laconic
-
adjective,
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- tictocs
-
noun,
an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
- Aruntas
-
noun,
Aranda.
- isation
-
- Rouault
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1958, French painter.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Austro-
-
- Austria
-
noun,
a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
- Rantoul
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- lacunas
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- tictacs
-
noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- auslaut
-
noun,
final position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- ranulas
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- Latinic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- atactic
-
adjective,
(of a polymer) not stereospecific; lacking tacticity.
- titular
-
noun,
a person who bears a title.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Italian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- astrol.
-
- Astolat
-
noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- toccata
-
noun,
a composition in the style of an improvisation, for the piano, organ, or other keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the player's technique.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- titrant
-
noun,
the reagent added in a titration.
- astatic
-
adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- titlist
-
noun,
a titleholder; champion.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- attaint
-
noun,
Obsolete. a stain; disgrace; taint.
- attains
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Asiatic
-
noun,
an Asian person.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- raucous
-
adjective,
harsh; strident; grating:
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- Latinus
-
noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- Titania
-
noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- Titanic
-
noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- asocial
-
adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- lacunar
-
noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- Linaria
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- tuition
-
noun,
the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university:
- caloric
-
noun,
heat.
- Calicut
-
noun,
former name of Kozhikode.
- calicos
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- outturn
-
noun,
a quantity produced; output.
- run-out
-
noun,
the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- tartans
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- calcars
-
noun,
a spur or spurlike process.
- outacts
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- tourist
-
noun,
a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- insular
-
noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- arctics
-
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.
- Caitlin
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- outsail
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- outruns
-
verb (used with object),
to run faster or farther than.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- autoist
-
noun,
motorist.
- outlast
-
verb (used with object),
to endure or last longer than:
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- outcast
-
noun,
a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
- linocut
-
noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- aristo-
-
- intuits
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- intrust
-
verb (used with object),
entrust.
- ruinous
-
adjective,
bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous:
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- anurous
-
adjective,
having no tail.
- anurias
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- lutist
-
noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Crucis
-
noun,
genitive of Crux.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Lucius
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- itious
-
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- lactic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- lacto-
-
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- lacuna
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- critic
-
noun,
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- Crocus
-
noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- coucal
-
noun,
any of several Old World cuckoos of the genus Centropus, having harsh-textured plumage and a long, daggerlike hind claw.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- scato-
-
- Cucuta
-
noun,
a city in E Colombia.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- outrun
-
verb (used with object),
to run faster or farther than.
- runout
-
noun,
Machinery.
the gradual termination of a groove on the body of an object not ending there, as the upper termination of a flute in a twist drill.
Also called back clearance. a space in a depressed area of an object into which a machine tool or grinding wheel may safely enter at the end of a pass or operation.
- intra-
-
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- intro.
-
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- oculus
-
noun,
an eye.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- intuit
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- iatro-
-
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- sarco-
-
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- lituus
-
noun,
Geometry. a polar curve generated by the locus of a point moving so that the square of its radius vector varies inversely as the angle the radius vector makes with the polar axis. Equation: θr 2 = a.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- occurs
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- occult
-
noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- occas.
-
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- sacro-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- instr.
-
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- cultus
-
noun,
a cult.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- cui-ui
-
noun,
a freshwater sucker, Chasmistes cujus, of Nevada, having a thin-lipped mouth.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- cutout
-
noun,
something cut out from something else, as a pattern or figure cut out or intended to be cut out of paper, cardboard, or other material.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- nitro-
-
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Riccio
-
noun,
David [Italian dah-veed] /Italian ˈdɑ vid/ (Show IPA), Rizzio.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- calico
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- calci-
-
- calcar
-
noun,
a spur or spurlike process.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tarso-
-
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Cactus
-
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.
- cacaos
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tuinal
-
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- Tucana
-
noun,
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- tauro-
-
- Taurus
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Bull, a zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Aries, containing the bright star Aldebaran.
- tauto-
-
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- 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.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- Carnac
-
noun,
a commune in SW Morbihan, in NW France, SE of Lorient: megalithic monuments. 3681.
- turco-
-
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- 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.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Alicia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Carcas
-
noun,
one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- canula
-
noun,
cannula.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- austr-
-
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- tutors
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- trans.
-
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- 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.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- aniso-
-
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- aurous
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of or containing gold in the univalent state.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- tictac
-
noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- tictoc
-
noun,
an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
- trouts
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- tinct.
-
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- anicca
-
noun,
the cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death through which every living thing must pass.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- Alcaic
-
noun,
Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- uncurl
-
verb (used with or without object),
to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.
- narco-
-
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- stacc.
-
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- clino-
-
- clinic
-
noun,
a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge.
- stucco
-
noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- actin-
-
- succor
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- urino-
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- 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.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clitic
-
noun,
a clitic word; enclitic or proclitic.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- urano-
-
- Accius
-
noun,
Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.
- coatis
-
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.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- acious
-
- cloaca
-
noun,
Zoology.
the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals.
a similar cavity in invertebrates.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- clonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- Uranus
-
noun,
Astronomy. the planet seventh in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 32,600 miles (56,460 km), a mean distance from the sun of 1,784 million miles (2,871 million km), a period of revolution of 84.07 years, and 15 moons.
- citric
-
adjective,
of or derived from citric acid.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Ursula
-
noun,
Saint, a legendary British princess who, with 11,000 virgins, is said to have been martyred by the Huns at Cologne.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- casual
-
noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- causal
-
adjective,
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- tuttis
-
noun,
a tutti passage or movement.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- U-turn
-
noun,
a U -shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction from its original course.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- tactus
-
noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- caucus
-
noun,
U.S. Politics.
a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.
a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.
(often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process:
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- concur
-
verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- actual
-
adjective,
existing in act or fact; real:
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- circus
-
noun,
a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
Compare big top.
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- ultra-
-
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- C-in-C
-
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- cicala
-
noun,
cicada.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- contr.
-
- tactic
-
noun,
tactics (def 1).
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- natl.
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- USLTA
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- naso-
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- usual
-
noun,
something that is usual:
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- uncut
-
adjective,
not cut.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- nitr-
-
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- ulous
-
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- noct-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Tutto
-
adjective,
all; entire.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- tutti
-
noun,
a tutti passage or movement.
- nuci-
-
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- UNCIO
-
- Tulua
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- uran-
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- orial
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Unit.
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- 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.
- ocul-
-
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- uncus
-
noun,
any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Nauru
-
noun,
Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8¼ sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- naut.
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- toti-
-
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- scat-
-
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Scot.
-
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- sanit
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- sarc-
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Srta.
-
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Sino-
-
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stat.
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- sito-
-
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- tonia
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tious
-
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- init.
-
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- alti-
-
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- insol
-
- inst.
-
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- actos
-
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- intr.
-
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- alto-
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- caus.
-
- cata-
-
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- incas
-
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.
- acro-
-
- incl.
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Cauca
-
noun,
a river in W Colombia: tributary of the Magdalena. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- incor
-
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- asco-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- incr.
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- anal.
-
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- 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.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- crit.
-
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Iran.
-
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- colat
-
- Alas.
-
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- corns
-
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.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Alcor
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- conc.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Cons.
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Const
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cont.
-
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- istic
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Alta.
-
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Ital.
-
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- lact-
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- 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.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- ition
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anti-
-
- Aust.
-
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- auto.
-
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anis-
-
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- ca-ca
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- cacao
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- caco-
-
- 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.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- ation
-
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- 30-30
-
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- atto-
-
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Lucca
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, W of Florence.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- acct.
-
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- canc.
-
- anat.
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ilio-
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- accus
-
- icons
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ACCRA
-
noun,
the wood of a sapele.
- ician
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- calc-
-
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- Sol.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 1080
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- cur.
-
- 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.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- soln
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- sci.
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- scr.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- ANTU
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SLIC
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- crat
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- scil
-
- Cort
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cts.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- ctr.
-
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cor.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Cal.
-
- 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.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- CCls
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- atic
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Tit.
-
- 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.
- ator
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tion
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- attn
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- cac-
-
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- aur-
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- taur
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- asc-
-
- Soni
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- str.
-
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- ARIS
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Col.
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Sra.
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Con.
-
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Sulu
-
noun,
a member of the most numerous tribe of Moros, living chiefly in the Sulu Archipelago.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- cir.
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- cit.
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clar
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- art.
-
- 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.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lin.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Ont.
-
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- acr-
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- uni-
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- ACLU
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Ulua
-
noun,
a river in NW Honduras, flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- 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).
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Lani
-
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Oulu
-
noun,
a city in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- ulto
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- out-
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lit.
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- NCAA
-
- Uru.
-
- urus
-
noun,
the aurochs.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- USAR
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- USCA
-
- USIA
-
- USNA
-
- USRC
-
- USTC
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- NACA
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- luau
-
noun,
a feast of Hawaiian food, usually held outdoors and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- NOAA
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Oct.
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- ACLS
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- acc.
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- uria
-
- NTIA
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nos-
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- uro-
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Rus.
-
- int.
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- intl
-
- 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.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tutu
-
noun,
a short, full skirt, usually made of several layers of tarlatan or tulle, worn by ballerinas.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- alt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ious
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- iana
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- saur
-
- tri-
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sat.
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ano-
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- 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.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- trit
-
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tRNA
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- att.
-
- tron
-
- Inc.
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Anas
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- RONA
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- RIIA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- Alco
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- itis
-
- Ala.
-
- itol
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- Tulu
-
noun,
a Dravidian language spoken in Karnataka in southern India.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- RNAS
-
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Alis
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- USR
-
- USO
-
- USN
-
- al.
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- UAR
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- at.
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASU
-
- AOA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- aor
-
- USC
-
- UIT
-
- ac-
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- uti
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- UTC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- usu
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ARS
-
- USA
-
- Utu
-
noun,
the Sumerian sun god: the counterpart of the Akkadian Shamash.
- UCC
-
- AIA
-
- UCR
-
- ACS
-
- tlo
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ARU
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ALU
-
- AUC
-
- TTS
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Tu.
-
- AIC
-
- ur-
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AAU
-
- Ulu
-
noun,
a knife with a broad, nearly semicircular blade joined to a short haft at a right angle to the unsharpened side: a traditional tool of Eskimo women.
- ASI
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- unc
-
- uns
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- TLC
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- tlr
-
- TNT
-
- AOU
-
- 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.
- an.
-
- ast
-
- ALC
-
- ASR
-
- Ar.
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tra
-
- Tro
-
- ANC
-
- UNO
-
- ult
-
- ASN
-
- tr.
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TSI
-
- ITA
-
- ATA
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- ist
-
- ITC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ISR
-
- 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.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- RCS
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTS
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Isl
-
- LCI
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- 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 = .
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- ISA
-
- ATC
-
- ROI
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- IRC
-
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
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- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LCA
-
- LCT
-
- SRO
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- NOC
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
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- NCC
-
- ltr
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- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCO
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAA
-
- NUL
-
- LON
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- oic
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- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
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- ONR
-
- ONI
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- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
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- OIt
-
- OIr
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- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Oc.
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- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OCS
-
- OCR
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- LOC
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- OCC
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- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
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- 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.
- OTC
-
- OSA
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- So.
-
- Ir.
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- SAA
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- CNS
-
- CIA
-
- CIC
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- CLI
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- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Clo
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- CLR
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- CLU
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- CNC
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- CNO
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- STL
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- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- STI
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SNU
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CCU
-
- CCR
-
- SLA
-
- cs.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AUA
-
- 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.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ca.
-
- TIA
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- cc.
-
- 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.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- CCA
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAA
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- CAI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAL
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SLR
-
- Sr.
-
- CRC
-
- ial
-
- CTA
-
- CTC
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- sc.
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- CSR
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SAR
-
- ICC
-
- il-
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- CST
-
- UUT
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CRS
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CSA
-
- CSC
-
- CRT
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CSO
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- LR
-
- TN
-
- UC
-
- RC
-
- TT
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TC
-
- TL
-
- RU
-
- ol
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UL
-
- NL
-
- RI
-
- AI
-
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.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- UI
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- S.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NI
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- R.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SU
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CU
-
- L.
-
- LC
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- SN
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RO
-
- O.
-
- L1
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- L2
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- U.
-
- OA
-