Anagrams of acquisition
Word acquisition has
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- coquinas
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noun,
Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.
- quantics
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noun,
a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.
- quintics
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noun,
a quantity of the fifth degree.
- Quantico
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noun,
a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Sno-Cat
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- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- asquint
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adverb, adjective,
with an oblique glance or squint; askance; slyly; dubiously.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- auction
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- suction
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- coquina
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noun,
Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.
- Tunisia
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noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- Sinitic
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noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- quantic
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noun,
a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.
- Ictinus
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noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- quintic
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noun,
a quantity of the fifth degree.
- quinoas
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noun,
a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
- Iquitos
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noun,
a city in NE Peru, on the upper Amazon.
- Nicosia
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noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- isation
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- acquits
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verb (used with object),
to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty:
- actino-
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- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- atonic
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- action
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noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- quoits
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noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- Cantos
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Octans
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noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- coitus
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Austin
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noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- actin-
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- quaint
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adjective,
having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque:
- cut-in
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noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- squint
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noun,
an act or instance of squinting.
- cantus
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noun,
cantus firmus.
- quoins
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noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- scato-
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- itious
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- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- counts
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noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- acinus
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noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- acious
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- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Siouan
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noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- coatis
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Ticino
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noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- acquit
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verb (used with object),
to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty:
- quints
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noun,
an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- toucan
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- quinoa
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noun,
a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
- Tucson
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noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- Nicias
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noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- aniso-
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- antiq.
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- Quinta
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noun,
an inn, especially one in the countryside.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- quino-
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- Uticas
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noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Tunica
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noun,
a tunic.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- quint-
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- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- nocti-
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- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- quasi-
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- Tuscan
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noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- quants
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noun,
Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.
- Scot.
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- Cons.
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- Const
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- cont.
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- CONUS
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noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- iotas
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- nuci-
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- Sinai
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noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Scout
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noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scuta
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noun,
plural of scutum.
- quin-
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- Count
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noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Utica
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noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- 30-30
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- Costa
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noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- incas
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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.
- scat-
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- quot.
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- incus
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noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- init.
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- quoit
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noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- quits
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noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- inst.
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- ictus
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noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- noct-
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- icons
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- Quito
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ecuador, in the N part. 9348 feet (2849 meters) above sea level.
- Inuit
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noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- ician
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- Ionia
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noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Cunas
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noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- quota
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noun,
the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- istic
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- Saint
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sanit
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- Santo
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noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Quant
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noun,
Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.
- satin
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noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- cutis
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noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutin
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noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- ition
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- quoin
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noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- scant
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adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- cunts
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noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- sito-
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- Sino-
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- Aston
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noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Ascot
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noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- octa-
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- Tinia
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noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- naut.
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- Actis
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noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- octan
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noun,
an octan fever.
- Tanis
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noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- asco-
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- tains
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- ation
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- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tacos
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noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Aust.
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- coins
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- ascon
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noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ASCII
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noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- suint
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noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- anis-
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- uncia
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noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- uncos
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noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- TUNIS
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tunic
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noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- Tunas
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noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- actos
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- Acton
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noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- tious
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- anti-
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- antic
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noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
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noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Tosca
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noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- tonus
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noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tonic
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noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
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- naso-
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- auto.
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- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ostia
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noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- snout
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noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Ciano
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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.
- Oscan
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noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- UNCIO
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- Unit.
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- Stoic
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- caus.
-
- Sonia
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noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Isiac
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adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- squat
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noun,
the act or fact of squatting.
- cants
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noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Notus
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- coast
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noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- canst
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noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
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noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- stain
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noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Caius
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cains
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noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cant.
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- coati
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
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noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- oust
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verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- ocas
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- otic
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adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
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noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Ont.
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- oast
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noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- out-
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- nous
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noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- outs
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noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Oct.
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- qats
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noun,
kat.
- Oita
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noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- qto.
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- Onas
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- NTIA
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- onus
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noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- OATS
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 1080
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- quat
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- tuna
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noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tans
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
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noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tics
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TINA
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noun,
a female given name.
- tion
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- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tuis
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noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tuns
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noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- taco
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noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- unco
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noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- uni-
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- unto
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preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- USCA
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- USIA
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- USNA
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- USTC
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- Utas
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noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- tain
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- suit
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noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- quit
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noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- scut
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noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- quos
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- Saco
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noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sain
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verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sat.
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- sati
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noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sato
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noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- SCAN
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noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sci.
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- Sian
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noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- stun
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noun,
the act of stunning.
- Sina
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noun,
a female given name.
- SITA
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noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- situ
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noun,
in situ.
- snit
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snot
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Soni
-
- Stan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- stoa
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noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sion
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- not-
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- nots
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noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- cunt
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noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cis-
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- cist
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noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- Cnut
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noun,
Canute.
- nota
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noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Con.
-
- Cost
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noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cts.
-
- Cuna
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noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Iasi
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noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- ICAO
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- Inc.
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- Inca
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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.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
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adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
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noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
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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 = .
- IOTA
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ious
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- Isai
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noun,
Jesse.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- iso-
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- ANTU
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- Acis
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noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ACTS
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
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noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ains
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
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noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- AISI
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- aits
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ano-
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- ANSI
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- ant.
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- anus
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noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- cat.
-
- asc-
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- asci
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noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asti
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noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- atic
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- aunt
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noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Aus.
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- aut-
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- Cain
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noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
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- cast
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noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Isin
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noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- coat
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noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- itis
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- nos-
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- nits
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nisi
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adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Nasi
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noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
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noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Naos
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noun,
a temple.
- NATS
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
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noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ATC
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- at.
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- ASU
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- OAU
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- TAU
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noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TCA
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- TCS
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- TIA
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- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ast
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- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- St.
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- QIS
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- CAI
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- Sta
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- ct.
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- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- cs.
-
- Co.
-
- OCS
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- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- CIO
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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.
- ca.
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- SUN
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- suq
-
noun,
suk.
- tin
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noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ASI
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- ASN
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- uns
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- unc
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- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
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- NSC
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- NSA
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- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
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- UNO
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- USC
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- UIT
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- AUC
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- USN
-
- USO
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- an.
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- Uta
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noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UTC
-
- uti
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- ac-
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- Una
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- USA
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- SQA
-
- TSI
-
- OAS
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ton
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noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- AOU
-
- OTC
-
- ANU
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noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- Tu.
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- NSU
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- tun
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noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANC
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- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NOC
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- NIA
-
- STI
-
- Sq.
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- in.
-
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- OTA
-
- So.
-
- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- IAS
-
- Ia.
-
- OTS
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- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- io-
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- ITU
-
- ics
-
- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- sc.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- oui
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adverb, noun,
yes.
- ot-
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- qt.
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- QSO
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- ITC
-
- qu.
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- qua
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adverb,
as; as being; in the character or capacity of:
- ITA
-
- ist
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- qat
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noun,
kat.
- ISA
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- IOC
-
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IOU
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- IOT
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
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- ion
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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 = .
- Cut
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noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ons
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- CSA
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- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- OIt
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NCO
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- oic
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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).
- SNU
-
- CSO
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CNO
-
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- CNS
-
- CIA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ONI
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- QC
-
- Q.
-
- SU
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- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SN
-
- QA
-
noun,
an exchange of questions and answers.
- AO
-
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- 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.
- QN
-
- 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.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- t.
-
- UI
-
- O.
-
- TC
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- CU
-
- IQ
-
- NI
-
- TN
-
- OA
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- CQ
-
- SA
-
- UC
-
- S.
-
- NC
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- T1
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- N.
-
- U.
-
- AQ
-