Anagrams of aeromagnetic
Word aeromagnetic has
1724 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of aeromagnetic.
- actinogram
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noun,
the record produced by the action of an actinograph.
- maceration
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noun,
the act or process of macerating.
- ergotamine
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noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble polypeptide, C 33 H 35 N 5 O 5 , obtained from ergot, used to stimulate uterine contractions during labor and in the treatment of migraine.
- morganatic
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adjective,
of or relating to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or entailed property of the high-ranking partner.
- emarginate
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adjective,
notched at the margin.
- cinemagoer
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noun,
filmgoer.
- geometric
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adjective,
of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- centigram
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noun,
one 100th of a gram, equivalent to 0.1543 grain. Abbreviation: cg.
- matronage
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noun,
the state of being a matron.
- marginate
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adjective,
having a margin.
- agreation
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noun,
the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- Americano
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noun,
a cocktail made with bitters, sweet vermouth, and soda water.
- ecarinate
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adjective,
having no carina or keel.
- aragonite
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noun,
a mineral, orthorhombic calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , chemically identical with calcite but differing in crystallization and in having a higher specific gravity and less marked cleavage.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- man-eater
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noun,
an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
- morganite
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noun,
rose-colored beryl.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- reanimate
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verb (used with object),
to restore to life; resuscitate.
- germinate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- aerogenic
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adjective,
producing gas, as certain bacteria.
- racinage
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noun,
decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- argentic
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adjective,
of or containing silver and having a valence greater than the corresponding argentous compound.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- macerate
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verb (used with object),
to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- Germaine
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noun,
a female given name.
- argento-
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- gentrice
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noun,
gentility; high birth.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- macaroni
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- agminate
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adjective,
aggregated together.
- emigrate
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verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- agrement
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- geminate
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noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- emaciate
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verb (used with object),
to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
- egomania
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noun,
psychologically abnormal egotism.
- Marciano
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noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- contagia
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noun,
the causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus.
- animator
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noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- gematria
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noun,
a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- meteoric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- racemate
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noun,
a salt or ester of racemic acid.
- American
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noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- Carnegie
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noun,
Andrew, 1835–1919, U.S. steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- magnetic
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adjective,
of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- acierate
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verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- magneto-
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- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- regiment
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noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- Cinerama
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- gerontic
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adjective,
geriatric.
- Germania
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noun,
an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- Armitage
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noun,
Kenneth, 1916–2002, English sculptor.
- metanoia
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noun,
a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- Germanic
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- aromatic
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noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- marocain
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noun,
a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- germano-
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- canaigre
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noun,
a plant, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the buckwheat family, found from Oklahoma to California, having clustered, tuberous roots that yield tannin.
- manager
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noun,
a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Neogaea
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noun,
a biogeographical division comprising the Neotropical region.
- angioma
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noun,
a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- manatee
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noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- anaemic
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adjective,
anemic.
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- regimen
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- Manteca
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noun,
a town in central California.
- animato
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adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- animate
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- carnage
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noun,
the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
- entero-
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- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- nemato-
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- Negrito
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Camenae
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plural noun,
four wise and prophetic deities or fountain nymphs: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta; later identified with the Greek Muses.
- matinee
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- organic
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noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Cotinga
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noun,
any of several songbirds constituting the family Cotingidae of chiefly tropical New World regions.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Croatia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- megaton
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noun,
one million tons.
- cranio-
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- Martina
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noun,
a female given name.
- craniom
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- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- meeting
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noun,
the act of coming together:
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- cremate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Megaera
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noun,
one of the Furies.
- Oceania
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noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- Martian
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- reagent
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- antero-
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- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- contra-
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- emanate
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verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- marcato
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adjective,
(of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- Aorangi
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noun,
Cook, Mount.
- Marcian
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noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Margate
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noun,
a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- margent
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noun,
margin.
- ramenta
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noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- ragtime
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- cortege
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noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- magnet-
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- Amon-Ra
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noun,
Amen-Ra.
- Imogene
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noun,
a female given name.
- tragion
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- genetic
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adjective,
Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- generic
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noun,
a generic term.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- grantee
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- centime
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- agamete
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noun,
an asexual reproductive cell, as a spore, that forms a new organism without fusion with another cell.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- coagent
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noun,
a joint agent.
- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- 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.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- gatemen
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noun,
a gatekeeper.
- gateman
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noun,
a gatekeeper.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- coaming
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- garment
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noun,
any article of clothing:
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- genito-
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- mintage
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- germane
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adjective,
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- Grecian
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noun,
a Greek.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- acnemia
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noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- acreage
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noun,
extent or area in acres; acres collectively.
- acrogen
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noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Actaeon
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noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- cerato-
-
- grimace
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noun,
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- actino-
-
- Miocene
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noun,
the Miocene Epoch or Series.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- centro-
-
- Gratian
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noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- georama
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noun,
an encompassingly large, hollow globe on the inside of which is depicted a map of the earth's surface, to be viewed by a spectator within the globe.
- acerate
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adjective,
acerose1 .
- tracing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- Gratiae
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plural noun,
grace (def 12).
- centri-
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- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- migrate
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- teeming
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adjective,
abounding or swarming with something, as with people:
- Romagna
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noun,
a former province of the Papal States, in NE Italy. Capital: Ravenna.
- Graeco-
-
- Romania
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- narcoma
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noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- amentia
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- America
-
noun,
United States.
- cartage
-
noun,
the act or cost of carting.
- Magenta
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noun,
fuchsin.
- tearing
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noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- go-cart
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noun,
a small carriage for young children to ride in; stroller.
- magnate
-
noun,
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.:
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- Erigone
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noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- aminate
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verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- montage
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- Erigena
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noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- amirate
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noun,
emirate.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- cienaga
-
noun,
a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- coating
-
noun,
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
- migrant
-
noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- integer
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noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- cognate
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noun,
a person or thing cognate with another.
- gameto-
-
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- tangram
-
noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- nametag
-
noun,
an identification tag or label showing one's name and sometimes one's address or business affiliation, attached to an article of clothing or worn around the neck or wrist.
- mitogen
-
noun,
any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- tanager
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- trangam
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noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- macaron
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noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- granita
-
noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- coinage
-
noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- Gramont
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noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- menage
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- coming
-
noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- Megara
-
noun,
a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- metage
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- congee
-
noun,
congé.
- metro-
-
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- micro-
-
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- cogent
-
adjective,
convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- contr.
-
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- coring
-
noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- emigre
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Garcon
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- Garcia
-
noun,
Jerome John ("Jerry") 1942–95, U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inorg.
-
- inter.
-
- Gemara
-
noun,
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- gamete
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- gamet-
-
- intra-
-
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- intro.
-
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- macro-
-
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- MAeroE
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- Greco-
-
- Gotama
-
noun,
Buddha.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- Graeae
-
plural noun,
three old sea goddesses who had but one eye and one tooth among them and were the protectors of their sisters the Gorgons.
- gnomic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
- Graiae
-
plural noun,
Graeae.
- grani-
-
- grano-
-
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Gerome
-
noun,
Jean Léon [zhahn ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1824–1904, French painter and sculptor.
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- germen
-
noun,
a germ.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- genome
-
noun,
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- genit.
-
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- iatro-
-
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cteno-
-
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- matri-
-
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- meager
-
adjective,
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate:
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- manage
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- manege
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- enter-
-
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- encage
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- agaric
-
noun,
any fungus of the family Agaricaceae, including several common edible mushrooms.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- ragman
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Ramage
-
noun,
a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- agamic
-
adjective,
Biology.
asexual.
occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Aegean
-
noun,
the. Aegean Sea.
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- caeoma
-
noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- Tacoma
-
noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- aeron.
-
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- a-game
-
noun,
a person’s best effort, abilities, or achievement:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- anemo-
-
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- amino-
-
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- regime
-
noun,
a mode or system of rule or government:
- agron.
-
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- tegmen
-
noun,
a cover, covering, or integument.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- agric.
-
- angio-
-
- recti-
-
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- narco-
-
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- nemat-
-
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- aceto-
-
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- Moraga
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- cerat-
-
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- nocti-
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- nitro-
-
- acting
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- actin-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- gram.
-
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- grama
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- intr.
-
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- trig.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Iran.
-
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- tonia
-
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- term.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tera-
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- teno-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Recit
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noct-
-
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- merge
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octa-
-
- mega-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- omni-
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Mont.
-
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- metr-
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- meta-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- mero-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- MAgEc
-
- Regt.
-
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rect.
-
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- magic
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Oreg.
-
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- orig.
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Marga
-
noun,
any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- marg.
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- ecto-
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- econ.
-
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- engr.
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- amiga
-
noun,
a female friend.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- AMORC
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- anat.
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- ergo-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- anim.
-
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ation
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Amer.
-
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Cant.
-
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cine-
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cata-
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- 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.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cent.
-
- cert.
-
- cero-
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- atmo-
-
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- contg
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Cong.
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Comr.
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- aemia
-
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Agate
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Agram
-
noun,
German name of Zagreb.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- agro-
-
- gamo-
-
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- gamic
-
adjective,
sexual (def 3).
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- 30-30
-
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- aceae
-
- acet-
-
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- actg.
-
- geom.
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- aero-
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- 1080
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- NOAA
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- acr-
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rit.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- not-
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- NTIA
-
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- NIRA
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- mtg.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- tri-
-
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- NACA
-
- mtge
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- mRNA
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- cen.
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- cene
-
- tRNA
-
- Rom.
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tron
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- cat.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- neem
-
- acea
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- NCTE
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- NCAA
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- AAEE
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Arg.
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- 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).
- AGMA
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- agit
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Aire
-
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Reg.
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- AIME
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ance
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- ano-
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- ant.
-
- amt.
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- agr.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ten.
-
- tion
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Ont.
-
- aer-
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- 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.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- ator
-
- aet.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- RONA
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- Arm.
-
- ter.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- atic
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- atm.
-
- org.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- CERN
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Eng.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Man.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- emia
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mag.
-
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Mar.
-
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- 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.
- ment
-
- Cort
-
- Meng
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- ctr.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- EEOC
-
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- EGmc
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- EMet
-
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- IAEA
-
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- geo-
-
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IATA
-
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Gmat
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- GNMA
-
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gon-
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- iana
-
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- 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.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gama
-
noun,
Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- ICAO
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- 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.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- IMCO
-
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- ign.
-
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Ice.
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Cmon
-
- met.
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Com.
-
- Con.
-
- Mngr
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- Mic.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mon.
-
- min.
-
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- cet-
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- cir.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cog.
-
- cit.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Ceto
-
- GCR
-
- AIC
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- GCE
-
- GCA
-
- MNA
-
- ine
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TCA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- GCI
-
- Agt
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- MNE
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ing
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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 = .
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- IRO
-
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- IRC
-
- ite
-
- ROI
-
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- gi.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- CIM
-
- IOC
-
- ne-
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- NEA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- NEC
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Ir.
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- MIT
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CGM
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- tra
-
- gre
-
- Mt.
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- CIA
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- tr.
-
- GMC
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ag-
-
- CEO
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Tro
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gr.
-
- MOR
-
- Am.
-
- ac-
-
- AIA
-
- GMT
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- AAE
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- AAM
-
- Aar
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CGI
-
- MTO
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- CEA
-
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- CIE
-
- MOI
-
- AGC
-
- ier
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- IGM
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- TGN
-
- RNA
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- GCT
-
- AGM
-
- in.
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- TIA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- GTC
-
- Tng
-
- TMO
-
- NCO
-
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- NAA
-
- AEC
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ROA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- ot-
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- EAM
-
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- Eg.
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- EAA
-
- ean
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MGT
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- EEO
-
- EEG
-
- EEC
-
- MGr
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ECM
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ECG
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ctg
-
- ATC
-
- eir
-
- 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.
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- OTC
-
- OEM
-
- CMG
-
- Oc.
-
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ct.
-
- CAA
-
- OCR
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- CAI
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- 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.
- cte
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- CTA
-
- CRT
-
- mcg
-
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- NRC
-
- ONI
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- nr.
-
- ca.
-
- NRA
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- ECA
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- CNO
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- NIA
-
- ERT
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- CNM
-
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ANG
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- NGC
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ETO
-
- MAA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- GCM
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ETR
-
- CMA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- EMT
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- NOC
-
- en-
-
- NMR
-
- EMR
-
- MIE
-
- REA
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- AOA
-
- ene
-
- aor
-
- Mao
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- NMI
-
- RCT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- EOE
-
- TM
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- rg
-
- ee
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- R.
-
- AO
-
- OG
-
- TC
-
- OA
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- GM
-
- NG
-
- NI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- EI
-
- ic
-
- MN
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- RO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- IG
-
- GC
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RI
-
- NM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- N.
-
- RC
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TG
-
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RN
-
- NC
-
- i.
-
- MG
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- G.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CE
-
- TN
-
- O.
-
- CM
-
- GN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.