Anagrams of achondroplasia
Word achondroplasia has
2234 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of achondroplasia.
- island-hop
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verb (used without object),
to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- co-ordinal
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adjective,
belonging to the same order.
- corn-salad
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Valerianella, of the valerian family, especially V. locusta (or V. olitoria), having small light blue flowers and tender, narrow leaves eaten in salads.
- crash-land
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verb (used with object),
to land (an aircraft), under circumstances in which a normal landing is impossible, in such a way that damage to the aircraft is unavoidable.
- polaroids
-
- handrails
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noun,
a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- Pharaonic
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adjective,
(sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh:
- Aaronical
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adjective,
Aaronic.
- parochial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes:
- arcosolia
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noun,
(in Roman catacombs) an arched recess for a sarcophagus.
- ironclads
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noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- paranoids
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noun,
a person suffering from paranoia.
- Acropolis
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noun,
the citadel or high fortified area of an ancient Greek city.
- Pharsalia
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
- Charolais
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noun,
one of a breed of large white or cream-colored beef cattle, originally of France, often used in crossbreeding.
- land-poor
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adjective,
in need of ready money while owning much land.
- anaphoras
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noun,
Also called epanaphora. Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
Compare epistrophe (def 1), symploce.
- anaphoric
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adjective,
referring back to or substituting for a preceding word or group of words:
- Anacharis
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noun,
elodea.
- caparison
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noun,
a decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse; trappings.
- doornails
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noun,
a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
- arachnoid
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noun,
an arachnid.
- cardinals
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- arcadians
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noun,
a native of Arcadia.
- pilchards
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noun,
a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- rhodopsin
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noun,
a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- holandric
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adjective,
of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- paradisal
-
adjective,
paradisiacal.
- picaroons
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- dropsical
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adjective,
of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- oolachans
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noun,
eulachon.
- Richlands
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noun,
a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works.
Compare Hanford (def 2).
- 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.
- pilchard
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noun,
a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- anaphora
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noun,
Also called epanaphora. Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
Compare epistrophe (def 1), symploce.
- carloads
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noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- cardoons
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noun,
a composite plant, Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.
- Anapolis
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noun,
a city in central Brazil.
- Cardinal
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- Nocardia
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noun,
any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- pai-loos
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- coronals
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noun,
a crown; coronet.
- cordials
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noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- poniards
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noun,
a small, slender dagger.
- alphorns
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noun,
alpenhorn.
- Alphonso
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noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”.
- Randolph
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noun,
A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- coplanar
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adjective,
being or operating in the same plane.
- Saarland
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noun,
a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- hospodar
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noun,
a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- caporals
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noun,
a variety of tobacco.
- nol-pros
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verb (used with object),
to end by a nolle prosequi.
- doornail
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noun,
a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
- parlando
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adjective,
sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- piranhas
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noun,
any of several small South American freshwater fishes of the genus Serrasalmus that eat other fish and sometimes plants but occasionally also attack humans and other large animals that enter the water.
- calipash
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noun,
the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- Arapahos
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noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of Algonquian speech stock, once dwelling in the Colorado plains and now in Oklahoma and Wyoming.
- asconoid
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
- diaconal
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adjective,
pertaining to a deacon.
- paranoid
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noun,
a person suffering from paranoia.
- paranoia
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noun,
Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- dalapons
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noun,
a selective herbicide, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 O 2 , used to eradicate certain grass weeds in sugarcane and other crops.
- paraison
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noun,
parison.
- arachnid
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noun,
any wingless, carnivorous arthropod of the class Arachnida, including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy-longlegs, having a body divided into two parts, the cephalothorax and the abdomen, and having eight appendages and no antennae.
Compare insect.
- pandoras
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noun,
bandore.
- shipload
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noun,
a full load for a ship.
- Richland
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noun,
a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works.
Compare Hanford (def 2).
- Arcadian
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noun,
a native of Arcadia.
- arcadias
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noun,
a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people.
- Ilocanos
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- daphnias
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noun,
a genus of tiny, freshwater crustaceans having a transparent body, used in biological research and as food for tropical fish.
- pochards
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noun,
an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.
- darshana
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noun,
any of the six principal systems of philosophy.
- panochas
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noun,
Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- Diapason
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noun,
a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
- Diaspora
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.
- caldrons
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noun,
cauldron.
- Caiaphas
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noun,
a high priest of the Jews who presided over the assembly that condemned Jesus to death. Matt. 26.
- dishonor
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noun,
lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- caldaria
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noun,
(in an ancient Roman bath) a room having a hot bath.
- discolor
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verb (used with object),
to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- Rosalind
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noun,
a female given name.
- radicals
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noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- Nicholas
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noun,
of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher.
German Nikolaus von Cusa.
- paladins
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noun,
any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
- Niarchos
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noun,
Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- palisado
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noun,
palisade (defs 1, 2, 4, 5).
- siphono-
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- Polaroid
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- ironclad
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noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- Lordship
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- Shardana
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noun,
a member of an ancient people of the eastern Mediterranean who served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and may have settled in Sardinia and Sicily.
- Panchaia
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noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- aphonias
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noun,
loss of voice, especially due to an organic or functional disturbance of the vocal organs.
- aphonics
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noun,
Pathology. a person who is affected with aphonia.
- air-cool
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verb (used with object),
Machinery. to remove the heat of combustion, friction, etc., from (a machine, engine, or device), as by air streams flowing over an engine jacket.
- harpoons
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noun,
a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- Carniola
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noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- chondral
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adjective,
of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- scaphoid
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noun,
Anatomy. a navicular.
- laniards
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noun,
lanyard.
- handcars
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noun,
a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- handclap
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noun,
a clapping of the hands.
- Clorinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- ordinals
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noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- chondria
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noun,
a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- orchido-
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- prandial
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adjective,
of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
- handrail
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noun,
a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- clarinos
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- sandarac
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noun,
a coniferous tree, Tetraclinis articulata (Callitrus quadrivalvis), native to northwestern Africa, yielding a resin and a fragrant, hard, dark-colored wood much used in building.
- chaldron
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noun,
an English dry measure formerly used for coal, coke, lime, and the like, varying locally from 32 to 36 bushels or more.
- Spaniard
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- phoronid
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noun,
any member of the invertebrate phylum Phoronida, wormlike marine animals living in a chitinous tube and having an anterior structure bearing ciliated tentacles for feeding.
- picadors
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noun,
one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- chaplain
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noun,
an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, etc., or to a military unit.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- handicap
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noun,
a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- hispano-
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- chilopod
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noun,
any arthropod of the class Chilopoda, comprising the centipedes.
- orcinols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- picaroon
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- spondaic
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adjective,
of or relating to a spondee.
- oolachan
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noun,
eulachon.
- 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.
- choroids
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noun,
choroid coat.
- Clarinda
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noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- clarions
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- sporadic
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adjective,
(of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional:
- oronasal
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noun,
Phonetics. orinasal (def 2).
- harianas
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noun,
Haryana.
- acholias
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noun,
lack of a secretion of bile.
- chorions
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noun,
Embryology. the outermost of the extraembryonic membranes of land vertebrates, contributing to the formation of the placenta in the placental mammals.
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- haploids
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noun,
Biology. an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes, ordinarily half the normal diploid number.
- carpools
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noun,
Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- acapnias
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noun,
a deficiency of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.
- hardpans
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noun,
any layer of firm detrital matter, as of clay, underlying soft soil.
Compare caliche, duricrust.
- lardons
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noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Shapiro
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noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- placard
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noun,
a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- asocial
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adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- pardons
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noun,
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
- clarain
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noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- phrasal
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or of the nature of a phrase or phrases:
- placoid
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adjective,
platelike, as the scales or dermal investments of sharks.
- chloro-
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- Phocion
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noun,
402?–317 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- philos.
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- Scorpio
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noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- chondr-
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- planish
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verb (used with object),
to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- parados
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noun,
a bank of earth built behind a trench or military emplacement to protect soldiers from a surprise attack from the rear.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- Daphnis
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noun,
a son of Hermes: the originator of pastoral poetry.
- choroid
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noun,
choroid coat.
- chrono-
-
- Daphnia
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noun,
a genus of tiny, freshwater crustaceans having a transparent body, used in biological research and as food for tropical fish.
- choriso
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noun,
chorizo.
- chorion
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noun,
Embryology. the outermost of the extraembryonic membranes of land vertebrates, contributing to the formation of the placenta in the placental mammals.
- Chronos
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noun,
chronometer.
- chordal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a chord.
- phonics
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noun,
a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- arnicas
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- inclasp
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verb (used with object),
enclasp.
- shoo-in
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noun,
a candidate, competitor, etc., regarded as certain to win.
- indoors
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adverb,
in or into a house or building:
- pardahs
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noun,
purdah.
- chorals
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noun,
chorale.
- phonol.
-
- chopins
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noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- dalapon
-
noun,
a selective herbicide, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 O 2 , used to eradicate certain grass weeds in sugarcane and other crops.
- inroads
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- sardana
-
noun,
a dance of the region of Catalonia, Spain, in which the dancers form a moving circle.
- ascarid
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noun,
any nematode of the family Ascaridae; roundworm.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- dahoons
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noun,
an evergreen shrub, Ilex cassine, of the southern U.S., having flat, leathery, dark green leaves and red or yellow fruits in large clusters.
- parasol
-
noun,
a lightweight umbrella used, especially by women, as a sunshade.
- Sarcina
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- dahlias
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads.
- Ashland
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noun,
a city in NE Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- craniol
-
- Isadora
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Isidor.
- pariahs
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noun,
an outcast.
- Colpoda
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noun,
any ciliated protozoan of the genus Colpoda, common in fresh water.
- caplins
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noun,
capelin.
- cordons
-
noun,
a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
- caporal
-
noun,
a variety of tobacco.
- chadors
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noun,
the traditional garment of Muslim and Hindu women, consisting of a long, usually black or drab-colored cloth or veil that envelops the body from head to foot and covers all or part of the face.
- scapho-
-
- Locarno
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noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- Caspian
-
noun,
Caspian Sea.
- pochard
-
noun,
an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.
- Capsian
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adjective,
of or designating an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa, characterized by the use of geometric microlithic tools.
- Ispahan
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noun,
Isfahan.
- scholia
-
noun,
Often, scholia.
an explanatory note or comment.
an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- Copland
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noun,
Aaron, 1900–90, U.S. composer.
- cardias
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- cardio-
-
- parodos
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noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) an ode sung by the chorus at their entrance, usually beginning the play and preceding the proagōn in comedy or the alteration of epeisodia and stasima in tragedy.
- cardoon
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noun,
a composite plant, Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.
- carpool
-
noun,
Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- Ladinos
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noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- carhops
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noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- carpals
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noun,
a carpale.
- sadiron
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noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- scholar
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noun,
a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- carload
-
noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- condors
-
noun,
either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- Laconia
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noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- conoids
-
noun,
a geometrical solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about one of its axes.
- isopach
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
- Saladin
-
noun,
(Salāh-ed-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) 1137–93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175–93: opponent of Crusaders.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- cranio-
-
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- parians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- laparo-
-
- piranha
-
noun,
any of several small South American freshwater fishes of the genus Serrasalmus that eat other fish and sometimes plants but occasionally also attack humans and other large animals that enter the water.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- paschal
-
noun,
a paschal candle or candlestick.
- calando
-
adverb,
in a slower, softer manner.
- Pianola
-
noun,
(lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
- Calapan
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Mindoro, in the central Philippines.
- clip-on
-
noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- caldron
-
noun,
cauldron.
- caliphs
-
noun,
a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- scolion
-
noun,
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
- pinards
-
noun,
wine.
- Scandia
-
noun,
scandium oxide.
- Chiapas
-
noun,
a state in S Mexico. 28,732 sq. mi. (74,415 sq. km). Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
- laniard
-
noun,
lanyard.
- coronas
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- picador
-
noun,
one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- Chardin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Siméon [zhahn ba-teest see-mey-awn] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist si meɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1699–1779, French painter.
- canards
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noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Chaplin
-
noun,
Sir Charles Spencer ("Charlie") 1889–1977, English film actor, producer, and director; in U.S. 1910–52.
- coronal
-
noun,
a crown; coronet.
- Chalons
-
noun,
Also called Châlons-sur-Marne [sha-lawn-syr-marn] /ʃa lɔn sürˈmarn/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Marne, in NE France: defeat of Attila a.d. 451.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- scandal
-
noun,
a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- Cornish
-
noun,
the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
- parodic
-
adjective,
having or of the nature of a parody.
- picaras
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- cordial
-
noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- Paoshan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Baoshan.
- darshan
-
noun,
a preacher or teacher of Aggadah or Halakhah in a synagogue.
- poorish
-
adjective,
somewhat poor; rather poor.
- hooplas
-
noun,
bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- sociol.
-
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- Honiara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Solomon Islands, N Guadalcanal.
- 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.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- 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.
- Aldrich
-
noun,
Thomas Bailey, 1836–1907, U.S. short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
- porcino
-
noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- orphans
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- radical
-
noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- radians
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- radials
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Orlando
-
noun,
Vittorio Emanuele [veet-taw-ryaw e-mah-noo-e-le] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ ˌɛ mɑ nuˈɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1860–1952, Italian statesman.
- padrino
-
noun,
a godfather.
- aldrins
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- adornos
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- ponchos
-
noun,
a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
- Rapidan
-
noun,
a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.
- dishpan
-
noun,
a large pan in which dishes, pots, etc., are washed.
- anchors
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- raphias
-
noun,
raffia.
- anaspid
-
noun,
any member of an extinct order, Anaspida, of small, freshwater jawless fishes of the Silurian and Devonian periods, characterized by a single nostril, narrow rows of scales, and, usually, an armor-plated head.
- anarchs
-
noun,
anarchist.
- anapsid
-
noun,
a reptile of the subclass Anapsida.
- Dolphin
-
noun,
any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
- pai-loo
-
noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- poniard
-
noun,
a small, slender dagger.
- alphorn
-
noun,
alpenhorn.
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- alpacas
-
noun,
a domesticated South American ruminant, Lama pacos, having long, soft, silky fleece, related to the llama and believed to be a variety of the guanaco.
- ranchos
-
noun,
a ranch.
- Paharis
-
noun,
one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.
- porions
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Hadrian
-
noun,
(Publius Aelius Hadrianus) a.d. 76–138, Roman emperor 117–138.
- paisano
-
noun,
paisan.
- Hansard
-
noun,
the official verbatim published reports of the debates and proceedings in the British Parliament.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- acardia
-
noun,
congenital absence of a heart.
- acapnia
-
noun,
a deficiency of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.
- Acadian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Acadia.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- sparoid
-
noun,
a sparoid fish.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- acarids
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- spinach
-
noun,
a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
- haploid
-
noun,
Biology. an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes, ordinarily half the normal diploid number.
- pronaos
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- hardpan
-
noun,
any layer of firm detrital matter, as of clay, underlying soft soil.
Compare caliche, duricrust.
- hariana
-
noun,
Haryana.
- opsonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- harpoon
-
noun,
a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- handcar
-
noun,
a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- acaroid
-
adjective,
resembling a mite or tick.
- hadrons
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- soprano
-
noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- Adonais
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- hairdos
-
noun,
the style in which a person's hair is cut, arranged, and worn; coiffure.
- ochroid
-
adjective,
yellow as ocher.
- Acrilan
-
- haloids
-
noun,
a haloid salt or derivative from a halogen.
- 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.
- ordinal
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- spacial
-
adjective,
spatial.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- sordino
-
noun,
mute (def 10).
- orcinol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- acholia
-
noun,
lack of a secretion of bile.
- ha-Nasi
-
noun,
Judah, Judah ha-Nasi.
- orchils
-
noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- Hindoos
-
noun,
Hindu.
- Andrias
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Alcaids
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- Pandora
-
noun,
bandore.
- aphasic
-
noun,
Also, aphasiac [uh-fey-zee-ak] /əˈfeɪ ziˌæk/ (Show IPA). a person affected with aphasia.
- aphonia
-
noun,
loss of voice, especially due to an organic or functional disturbance of the vocal organs.
- aphonic
-
noun,
Pathology. a person who is affected with aphonia.
- paladin
-
noun,
any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
- apicals
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- aplasia
-
noun,
defective development or congenital absence of a limb, organ, or other body part.
- aporias
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- podalic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the feet.
- dharnas
-
noun,
(in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- panadas
-
noun,
a thick sauce or paste made with bread crumbs, milk, and seasonings, often served with roast wild fowl or meat.
- pocosin
-
noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- Ilocano
-
noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- Rhodian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Rhodes.
- Arandas
-
noun,
a member of an Australian aboriginal people living in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
- Arapaho
-
noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of Algonquian speech stock, once dwelling in the Colorado plains and now in Oklahoma and Wyoming.
- Arcadia
-
noun,
a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people.
- paniolo
-
noun,
a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- panocha
-
noun,
Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- archils
-
noun,
orchil.
- archons
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- aphasia
-
noun,
the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.
- chronol
-
- slip-on
-
noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- Nichols
-
noun,
John, born 1940, U.S. novelist.
- anopias
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- Rashida
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “righteous.”.
- Polaris
-
noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- diplo-
-
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- Coanda
-
noun,
Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- psocid
-
noun,
any of numerous minute winged insects of the family Psocidae (order Psocoptera), including most of the common barklice, having mouth parts adapted for chewing and feeding on fungi, lichens, algae, decaying plant material, etc., and occurring on the bark of trees and the leaves of plants.
- sandhi
-
noun,
morphophonemic alternation, especially as determined by phonetic environment, as in dontcha for don't you.
- rhino-
-
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- podsol
-
noun,
spodosol.
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- haloid
-
noun,
a haloid salt or derivative from a halogen.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- picara
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- Haidas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
- posada
-
noun,
(in some Spanish-speaking countries) a government-operated or -approved inn offering moderately priced rooms to tourists, especially in a historic area.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Raphia
-
noun,
raffia.
- plasia
-
- hairdo
-
noun,
the style in which a person's hair is cut, arranged, and worn; coiffure.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- codons
-
noun,
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- saloop
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- rhinal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nose; nasal.
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- dahoon
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Ilex cassine, of the southern U.S., having flat, leathery, dark green leaves and red or yellow fruits in large clusters.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Rhonda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- phonos
-
noun,
phonograph.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- haplo-
-
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Hardin
-
noun,
John Wesley, 1853–95, U.S. outlaw in the West.
- Rhodos
-
noun,
Greek name of Rhodes.
- Lashio
-
noun,
a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- disco-
-
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Harlan
-
noun,
John Marshall, 1833–1911, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1877–1911.
- Harold
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- sarco-
-
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Salado
-
noun,
Rí·o [ree-oh;; Spanish ree-aw] /ˈri oʊ;; Spanish ˈri ɔ/ (Show IPA) a river in N Argentina, flowing SE to the Paraná River. About 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- sapro-
-
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- Polish
-
noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- dharna
-
noun,
(in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- dalasi
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- poncho
-
noun,
a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
- rhodic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhodium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Prasad
-
noun,
Rajendra [rah-jen-druh] /rɑˈdʒɛn drə/ (Show IPA), 1884–1963, first president of the Republic of India 1950–62.
- rapido
-
noun,
an express train.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- indoor
-
adjective,
occurring, used, etc., in a house or building, rather than out of doors:
- rhodo-
-
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- clado-
-
- Danish
-
noun,
a North Germanic language, the language of Denmark, closely related to Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic.
- Hindoo
-
noun,
Hindu.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- hoards
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- hadron
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- sacro-
-
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- copro-
-
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- honors
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Honora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- dorsal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- dorsi-
-
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- copals
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- dorso-
-
- hondas
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- hoopla
-
noun,
bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- radish
-
noun,
the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.
- rondos
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- rancho
-
noun,
a ranch.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Ranchi
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- horol.
-
- dolors
-
noun,
sorrow; grief.
- isopod
-
noun,
any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- ralphs
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- cordon
-
noun,
a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
- donors
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- placid
-
adjective,
pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed:
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Sahara
-
noun,
a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- Dahlia
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads.
- dicho-
-
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- colors
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- plano-
-
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Poland
-
noun,
a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. About 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Capital: Warsaw.
- dachas
-
noun,
a Russian country house or villa.
- Colada
-
noun,
piña colada.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Picard
-
noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- Dacron
-
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- radio-
-
- icono-
-
- picro-
-
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- consol
-
noun,
singular of consols.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- plani-
-
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- drools
-
noun,
saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
- conoid
-
noun,
a geometrical solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about one of its axes.
- condos
-
noun,
condominium (defs 1, 2).
- planch
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- droops
-
noun,
a sagging, sinking, bending, or hanging down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- condor
-
noun,
either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- lahars
-
noun,
a landslide of wet volcanic debris on the side of a volcano.
- clino-
-
- Chron.
-
- Aranda
-
noun,
a member of an Australian aboriginal people living in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- archon
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- archil
-
noun,
orchil.
- archi-
-
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Sidrah
-
noun,
a Parashah chanted or read on the Sabbath.
- Aranha
-
noun,
Oswaldo [aws-wahl-daw] /ɔsˈwɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1960, Brazilian politician.
- Aralia
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- aporia
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- apodal
-
adjective,
having no distinct feet or footlike members.
- pandas
-
noun,
Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- pandal
-
noun,
(in India) a temporary shed, especially one used for public meetings.
- apical
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- siphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- panada
-
noun,
a thick sauce or paste made with bread crumbs, milk, and seasonings, often served with roast wild fowl or meat.
- palish
-
adjective,
somewhat pale.
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- phono-
-
- arshin
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- pariah
-
noun,
an outcast.
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Canara
-
noun,
Kanara.
- Canada
-
noun,
a dry riverbed.
- Canad.
-
- caliph
-
noun,
a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- calash
-
noun,
Also, calèche. a light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and having two or four wheels, a seat for a driver on a splashboard, and sometimes a folding top.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- parica
-
noun,
a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- 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.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- pardon
-
noun,
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- Sharia
-
noun,
law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- pardah
-
noun,
purdah.
- Shinar
-
noun,
a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- ashlar
-
noun,
Masonry.
a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints.
such stones collectively.
masonry made of them.
- ashcan
-
noun,
a large metal barrel, can, or similar receptacle for ashes, garbage, or refuse.
- Parana
-
noun,
a river in central South America, flowing from S Brazil along the SE boundary of Paraguay and through E Argentina into the Río de la Plata. 2050 miles (3300 km) long.
- nachos
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- anopia
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- orlops
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orlich
-
noun,
Francisco J [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–69, Costa Rican engineer and statesman: president 1962–66.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adorno
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- orihon
-
noun,
a manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- orphan
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- Acadia
-
noun,
a former French colony in SE Canada: ceded to Great Britain 1713.
- orchil
-
noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- orchid
-
noun,
any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers.
Compare orchid family.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- oldish
-
adjective,
somewhat old:
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spiro-
-
- sporo-
-
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- aholds
-
noun,
Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of):
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- aniso-
-
- alodia
-
noun,
allodium.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- andro-
-
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- anchor
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anarch
-
noun,
anarchist.
- alphas
-
noun,
the first letter of the Greek alphabet (A, α).
- alpaca
-
noun,
a domesticated South American ruminant, Lama pacos, having long, soft, silky fleece, related to the llama and believed to be a variety of the guanaco.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alohas
-
adjective,
friendly; hospitable; welcoming:
- Pahari
-
noun,
one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Orphic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Orpheus.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- socio-
-
- pachas
-
noun,
pasha.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- alcaid
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- sodio-
-
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- carpal
-
noun,
a carpale.
- philo-
-
- chiral
-
adjective,
(of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- chiro-
-
- Chiron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- scarph
-
noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Carnap
-
noun,
Rudolf P. 1891–1970, U.S. philosopher, born in Germany.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- chlor-
-
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- Pascal
-
noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- chinos
-
noun,
a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc.
- cashoo
-
noun,
catechu.
- Cholos
-
- Chaoan
-
noun,
former name of Chaozhou.
- Chasid
-
noun,
Hasid.
- phasia
-
- Charon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- chards
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- charas
-
noun,
hashish.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phials
-
noun,
vial.
- chilo-
-
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Chilon
-
noun,
flourished 556 b.c, Greek sage and ephor at Sparta.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- chinas
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- chains
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- phanos
-
noun,
fanon.
- chador
-
noun,
the traditional garment of Muslim and Hindu women, consisting of a long, usually black or drab-colored cloth or veil that envelops the body from head to foot and covers all or part of the face.
- Caspar
-
noun,
one of the three Magi.
- Chino-
-
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- Cholon
-
noun,
a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, in S Vietnam.
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- capsid
-
noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- chopas
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- Chopin
-
noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- cardi-
-
- phonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to speech sounds.
- L-dopa
-
noun,
Pharmacology. levodopa.
- chori-
-
- Carapa
-
noun,
a South American tree, Carapa guianensis, of the mahogany family.
- School
-
noun,
an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age:
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Lochia
-
noun,
the liquid discharge from the uterus after childbirth.
- chorio
-
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- 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.
- schorl
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a black tourmaline.
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- capias
-
noun,
a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
- schrod
-
noun,
scrod.
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- choral
-
noun,
chorale.
- carhop
-
noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- choora
-
noun,
an Indian dagger having a sharply pointed, single-edged blade.
- Phocis
-
noun,
an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- hoods
-
noun,
a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Honor
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- Lhasa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tibet, in the SE part: sacred city of Lamaism. About 12,000 feet (3650 meters) above sea level.
- Phil.
-
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Hondo
-
noun,
Honshu.
- pacha
-
noun,
pasha.
- Hasid
-
noun,
a member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century by Baal Shem-Tov and characterized by its emphasis on mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy.
Compare Mitnagged.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Ochoa
-
noun,
Severo [suh-vair-oh;; Spanish se-ve-raw] /səˈvɛər oʊ;; Spanish sɛˈvɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–93, U.S. biochemist, born in Spain: Nobel Prize in medicine 1959.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- poohs
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hinds
-
noun,
Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- ordn.
-
- poods
-
noun,
a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg).
- ordos
-
noun,
a desert plateau in the S Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in N China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Honda
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- orial
-
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- hoops
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- phial
-
noun,
vial.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Hasan
-
noun,
(al-Hasan) a.d. 624?–669? Arabian caliph: son of Ali and Fatima (brother of Hussein).
- prand
-
- pacas
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Orlon
-
- Hilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “maid of battle.”.
- phon.
-
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- proc.
-
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Hind.
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- orch.
-
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- Phila
-
- Hond.
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- onco-
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- noso-
-
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- holo-
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- hoard
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- Holds
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Parca
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- iodo-
-
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- plash
-
noun,
a gentle splash.
- pilch
-
noun,
an infant's wrapper worn over a diaper.
- insp.
-
- loach
-
noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- insol
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NAACP
-
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- plio-
-
- nacho
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- Indo-
-
- incr.
-
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- incl.
-
- plan-
-
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lochs
-
noun,
a lake.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Parl.
-
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- plaid
-
noun,
any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- 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.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- pari-
-
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- para-
-
- 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.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- PharD
-
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- pooch
-
noun,
a dog.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- hosp.
-
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- plods
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- lahar
-
noun,
a landslide of wet volcanic debris on the side of a volcano.
- ploid
-
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- 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.
- poach
-
verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- pasha
-
noun,
a title, placed after the name, formerly held by high officials in countries under Turkish rule.
- lipo-
-
- naso-
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- podo-
-
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- panda
-
noun,
Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage.
- Idaho
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise.
Abbreviation: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- icons
-
- incor
-
- Iran.
-
- prod.
-
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Capra
-
noun,
Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- caps.
-
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Card.
-
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- 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.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carp-
-
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- chads
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- ASPCA
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- shard
-
noun,
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- Shara
-
noun,
Sharra.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Cahan
-
noun,
Abraham ("Abe") 1860–1951, U.S. novelist and journalist, born in Russia.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- 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.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- Calah
-
noun,
Biblical name of Kalakh.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Chald
-
- asco-
-
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- sarc-
-
- 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.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Sarah
-
noun,
the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Gen. 17:15–22.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- 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.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- pico-
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- cidal
-
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- Child
-
noun,
a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl:
- chap.
-
- char-
-
- Chard
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- Scand
-
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Chin.
-
- chord
-
noun,
a feeling or emotion:
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- chol-
-
- Chola
-
noun,
a teenage girl who associates closely with a gang of cholos or is the girlfriend of a cholo.
- choli
-
noun,
a short-sleeved blouse or bodice, often one exposing part of the midriff, worn by Hindu women in India.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- chopa
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- chops
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- shoad
-
noun,
float (def 43).
- codon
-
noun,
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Adnah
-
noun,
a Manassite deserter from Saul's to David's army. I Chron. 12:20.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Ahira
-
noun,
a Naphtalite who assisted Moses with the census in the wilderness. Num. 1:15; 2:29.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- ahold
-
noun,
Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of):
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- soldo
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Aisha
-
noun,
a.d. 613?–678, favorite wife of Muhammad (daughter of Abu-Bekr).
- 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.”.
- alapa
-
noun,
the light blow on the cheek delivered by the bishop in a confirmation service.
- Alas.
-
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Adana
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, on the Seyhan River.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Alcor
-
- span-
-
- 30-30
-
- spor-
-
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- splad
-
noun,
splat1 (def 1).
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- acro-
-
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Achad
-
noun,
Akkad.
- Achan
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils. Josh. 7:19–26.
- achoo
-
interjection,
ahchoo.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Sino-
-
- Apoc.
-
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- 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.
- Arch.
-
- Archd
-
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- shoon
-
noun,
plural of shoe.
- 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.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- shoal
-
noun,
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Aloha
-
adjective,
friendly; hospitable; welcoming:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alpha
-
noun,
the first letter of the Greek alphabet (A, α).
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- anal.
-
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snood
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- andr-
-
- aphid
-
noun,
any of numerous tiny soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae of worldwide distribution, that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants, some developing wings when overcrowding occurs: an important pest of many fruit trees and vegetable crops.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- 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.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- Cohan
-
noun,
George M(ichael) 1878–1942, U.S. actor, playwright, and producer.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- droop
-
noun,
a sagging, sinking, bending, or hanging down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- drool
-
noun,
saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dashi
-
noun,
a clear fish and kelp broth, used in Japanese cookery.
- Rhoda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- Radha
-
noun,
the milkmaid who became the consort of Krishna.
- rhod-
-
- Hadas
-
noun,
Moses, 1900–66, U.S. classical scholar, teacher, and author.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Haida
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- haars
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- dacha
-
noun,
a Russian country house or villa.
- Hadar
-
noun,
a first magnitude star in the constellation Centaurus.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- Dahna
-
noun,
an area in the NE Rubʿ al Khali desert, comprising a region of E central Saudi Arabia.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- hadal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the greatest ocean depths, below approximately 20,000 feet (6500 meters).
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- dhals
-
noun,
dal.
- dial.
-
- rondo
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- disc.
-
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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).
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- dopas
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- donor
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- Dolon
-
noun,
a son of Eumedes who was killed by Diomedes and Odysseus even though he had given them valuable information about the Trojans.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dolor
-
noun,
sorrow; grief.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- dich-
-
- rhin-
-
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Dinah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Dina. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Dioon
-
noun,
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- dipl.
-
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Ralph
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corpn
-
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- corp.
-
- 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.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- hards
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Colo.
-
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- copr-
-
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- pron.
-
- coop.
-
- condo
-
noun,
condominium (defs 1, 2).
- Cons.
-
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- pros.
-
- Hansa
-
noun,
a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- Corpl
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- cohos
-
noun,
coho salmon.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- 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.
- halas
-
noun,
George Stanley, 1895–1983, U.S. football coach and team owner.
- halo-
-
- halos
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- Hands
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- 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.
- roods
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pro-
-
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- opia
-
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Sra.
-
- 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).
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- pos.
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- psia
-
- Soni
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- rad.
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- psid
-
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- oro-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ord.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- soln
-
- prin
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- paca
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- SOHO
-
noun,
a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- OSRD
-
- Sol.
-
- prs.
-
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- SPCA
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- 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.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Phar
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- sch.
-
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- RONA
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- 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.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- phr.
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pil-
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- 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.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rida
-
- Pal.
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sld.
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Pan.
-
- SLIC
-
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- pood
-
noun,
a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg).
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- rcd.
-
- 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.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- scr.
-
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- shad
-
noun,
a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shr.
-
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- poda
-
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- shod
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- shoo
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- Pol.
-
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- par.
-
- RdAc
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- 1080
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- dish
-
noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Din.
-
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dioc
-
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dir.
-
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- dis-
-
- dlr.
-
- dhal
-
noun,
dal.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- Doha
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the state of Qatar, on the Persian Gulf.
- DOHC
-
- dol.
-
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dia-
-
- DCNL
-
- drch
-
- cpd.
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Con.
-
- Cond
-
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- 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.
- 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.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Dash
-
noun,
a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- dahs
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Danl
-
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- ICSH
-
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Hos.
-
- HRIP
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Ind.
-
- iana
-
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- iod-
-
- 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 = .
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- haar
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hal-
-
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- Hand
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hasa
-
noun,
a region in E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf.
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- hood
-
noun,
a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Hoad
-
noun,
Lew(is Alan) 1934–94, Australian tennis player.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hods
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- hol-
-
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- HOLC
-
- hold
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- iso-
-
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Anas
-
- ands
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- 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.
- ANPA
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- aph-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- APSA
-
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- 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.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Alis
-
- Ald.
-
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- Adah
-
noun,
one of the two wives of Lamech. Gen. 4:19.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AAAL
-
- AAAS
-
- aahs
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- AARP
-
- ACAA
-
- acad
-
- ACDA
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ACLS
-
- acr-
-
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Alco
-
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- AHSA
-
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ala.
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- asc-
-
- Col.
-
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- Chr.
-
- chs.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cis-
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clar
-
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- codo
-
noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- coho
-
noun,
coho salmon.
- 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.
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- cap.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asha
-
noun,
the cosmic principle of order, justice, righteousness, and truth.
- 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).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- Cdr.
-
- Chad
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Chal
-
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Haas
-
noun,
Mary Rosamond, 1910–96, U.S. linguist.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- NOAA
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- NIRA
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lond
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- Ohio
-
noun,
a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus.
Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
- Lani
-
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- 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.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- lip-
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Nor.
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- OAPC
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Loch
-
noun,
a lake.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 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.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- 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).
- NCAA
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- NASD
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NDSL
-
- 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.
- Naha
-
noun,
a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.
- Nah.
-
- NADP
-
- oohs
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- NADH
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- NACA
-
- NDAC
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- 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.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- sd.
-
- pd.
-
- RSA
-
- NIA
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- NAD
-
- SDA
-
- cp.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- NAA
-
- Pr.
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- cs.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CAI
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- cr.
-
- SAA
-
- SCP
-
- CAA
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- cl.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- NHS
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- CNS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- sc.
-
- CIA
-
- CLR
-
- NHA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- CIP
-
- NOC
-
- NHI
-
- Clo
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- CLI
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- NIH
-
- NHL
-
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- ScD
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- NOP
-
- CNO
-
- SAR
-
- LDS
-
- SDI
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- AHA
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AHL
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- AIC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ACS
-
- Ola
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- OIr
-
- 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.
- 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.
- oid
-
- oic
-
- ALC
-
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- ONI
-
- ANC
-
- Ar.
-
- Sr.
-
- SPR
-
- ap-
-
- AAA
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- AIA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- an.
-
- oon
-
- ACP
-
- aah
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- AAP
-
- Aar
-
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- SDR
-
- sho
-
- Oc.
-
- shp
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NPR
-
- RPO
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- 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).
- ASI
-
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- 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.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- SHA
-
- ard
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- OCD
-
- AOA
-
- aor
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- APC
-
- SLA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- op.
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- OAS
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- 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.
- Apl
-
- OAP
-
- APS
-
- OAO
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OSD
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- OSA
-
- Rs.
-
- CRP
-
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- HDL
-
- PSA
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- 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.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- ior
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- HCR
-
- hd.
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- PRC
-
- 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).
- LHD
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- PhL
-
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- 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 = .
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- PSC
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- OPA
-
- DPS
-
- Dr.
-
- DSA
-
- DSP
-
- IPS
-
- DSR
-
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLA
-
- hr.
-
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- PhD
-
- RPS
-
- ipr
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- PID
-
- IPO
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- iph
-
- IPA
-
- Rd.
-
- CPA
-
- PRA
-
- LDP
-
- PLO
-
- IHS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- IDP
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- IHP
-
- INH
-
- ial
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- POC
-
- in.
-
- POA
-
- PLR
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Ia.
-
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LDC
-
- Ld.
-
- LCI
-
- LCD
-
- LCA
-
- POR
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- PHS
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- io-
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- HPD
-
- IOC
-
- hrs
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- PLC
-
- pli
-
- ics
-
- id.
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- DPI
-
- DPC
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DSO
-
- ROA
-
- ISA
-
- rnd
-
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- RNA
-
- RLD
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- DPH
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- IRS
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- LPN
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DAR
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- DSC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ISR
-
- La.
-
- CPI
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- CPL
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- ROP
-
- CPS
-
- NCO
-
- Isl
-
- PIO
-
- CRS
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- ish
-
- ROI
-
- DCL
-
- do.
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- DOA
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- DCS
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- dh-
-
- DNR
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- Doi
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- PCI
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- IRC
-
- PCS
-
- PDL
-
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- Ir.
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- PHA
-
- DPA
-
- DLS
-
- DNA
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- RDA
-
- dha
-
- DHL
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- di.
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- DIL
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- LSD
-
- LON
-
- RCN
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- DLO
-
- DLC
-
- LOC
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RCA
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- L.
-
- 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.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- LH
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- AO
-
- IP
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- RP
-
- ol
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- LR
-
- NH
-
- N.
-
- RO
-
- dl
-
- DP
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- ln
-
- D.
-
- LC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- ND
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- R.
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- SN
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- HL
-
- OA
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RC
-
- RH
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- HP
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PH
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.