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Word agreations has
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- agreation
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noun,
the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- aragonite
-
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.
- granites
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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.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- ingrates
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- genitors
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- angaries
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noun,
the right of a belligerent state to seize and use the property of neutrals for purposes of warfare, subject to payment of full compensation.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Gastonia
-
noun,
a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- Negritos
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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.
- ganister
-
noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gantries
-
noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- Santiago
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Chile, in the central part.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- Aaronite
-
noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- argento-
-
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- tear-gas
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noun,
a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.
- arginase
-
noun,
a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.
- tanagers
-
noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- angoras
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- gastro-
-
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- 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.
- garotes
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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.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- 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.
- Gratian
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noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- Gratiae
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plural noun,
grace (def 12).
- aristo-
-
- granite
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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.
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- granita
-
noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- regains
-
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.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- arseno-
-
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Aorangi
-
noun,
Cook, Mount.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- Artigas
-
noun,
José Gervasio [haw-se her-vah-syaw] /hɔˈsɛ hɛrˈvɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1764–1850, Uruguayan soldier and patriot.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- sterno-
-
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- sarangi
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noun,
(in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- goiters
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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.
- stearo-
-
- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- genito-
-
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- Stagira
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noun,
an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- garnets
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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.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- Agenais
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noun,
an ancient region of SW France.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- orgeats
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noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- 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.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- agarose
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noun,
a substance obtained from agar and used for chromatographic separations.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- against
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Idioms,
over against, in contrast with:
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- tanager
-
noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- earings
-
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.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- onstage
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adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- agonist
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- sangria
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noun,
an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- 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.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- 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.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- gaiters
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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).
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- norites
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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.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- agnates
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noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- agnosia
-
noun,
partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- soigne
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adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- Graiae
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plural noun,
Graeae.
- tangos
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noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- 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.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sorata
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Sontag
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noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- sonata
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noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- grani-
-
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- ergots
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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.
- taenia
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noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- Strega
-
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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).
- gastr-
-
- gainst
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preposition,
against.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- genit.
-
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- steno-
-
- stego-
-
- string
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noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- 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.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- taigas
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- 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.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- grano-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- 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.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- 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.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- 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.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- iatro-
-
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- griots
-
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.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Greats
-
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- irones
-
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.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inorg.
-
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- 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.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- argons
-
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.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- agates
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- argots
-
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:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- angio-
-
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- aeron.
-
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- agron.
-
- trans.
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- 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.
- agoras
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arsen-
-
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- tarso-
-
- aniso-
-
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- 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.
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- nears
-
- anat.
-
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- 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.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sanit
-
- anti-
-
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- ante-
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- sero-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Iran.
-
- seti-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- tonia
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- anis-
-
- naso-
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- intr.
-
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- angi-
-
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- reni-
-
- rents
-
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.
- aeons
-
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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aero-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- reins
-
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.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- 30-30
-
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Regt.
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- treas
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- saiga
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- agro-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- 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.
- orig.
-
- agars
-
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.
- 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:
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Oreg.
-
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- rings
-
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.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- trig.
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- inst.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- stge.
-
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- gears
-
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:
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- tiers
-
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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- ster.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- girts
-
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.
- Srta.
-
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- ASEAN
-
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- getas
-
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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- terns
-
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.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- tears
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tangs
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- ergo-
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- engr.
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Gaons
-
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.
- tera-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- ation
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- gains
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- areo-
-
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Sino-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- 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.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- sito-
-
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- 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.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- IATSE
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- sing.
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ter.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rets
-
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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tRNA
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sig.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ten.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tron
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- 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.
- teas
-
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.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sat.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Ste.
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tri-
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tion
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- str.
-
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- stg.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 1080
-
- Reg.
-
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- 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.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- geo-
-
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- 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.
- gars
-
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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- 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.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- 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.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- 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:
- Gen.
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- est.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- inae
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IATA
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- ign.
-
- iana
-
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gres
-
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- IAEA
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eso-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ano-
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Anas
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- 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.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aire
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Arg.
-
- ages
-
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:
- 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.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- 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.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agst
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agit
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- 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.
- agr.
-
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egos
-
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.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Ens.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ergs
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- ears
-
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.
- ator
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ARIS
-
- 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.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- org.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- NOAA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- 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.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- neo-
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- NTIA
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Ont.
-
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- 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).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- an.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Eg.
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ar.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- AAE
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TGN
-
- TIA
-
- at.
-
- ONR
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aar
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ATA
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ea.
-
- EIS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ROI
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TSI
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- TSE
-
- en-
-
- eir
-
- EAA
-
- OIr
-
- 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.
- ag-
-
- ROA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- OIt
-
- RNA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- AIA
-
- ean
-
- ASN
-
- 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.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Re.
-
- aor
-
- AOA
-
- OTA
-
- 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.
- ote
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- OTS
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ANG
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Agt
-
- 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.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ons
-
- 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:
- ae.
-
- Tro
-
- AEA
-
- ASI
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- ase
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ot-
-
- ARS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tng
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- OAS
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ose
-
- 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.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ESR
-
- 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.
- IRO
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- gre
-
- NIA
-
- Gr.
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SAR
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- REA
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- Goa
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noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nog
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noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Sr.
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- GIs
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noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
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- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Ia.
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- ine
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- in.
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- ne-
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Sgt
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- ier
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- NEA
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- IAS
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- NEG
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noun,
a photographic negative.
- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NAG
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noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- io-
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- ior
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- GTS
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- IOT
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- GTO
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- Ir.
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- gt.
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- GSR
-
- GSA
-
- Sta
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- gie
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noun,
gi.
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TAG
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noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- NSA
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- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gi.
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- GAR
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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.
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- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- ITA
-
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- ite
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- ETS
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- GAO
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noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ETR
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- NAA
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- ETO
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- OSA
-
- ESA
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- ERT
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- GAN
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noun,
cotton gin.
- ist
-
- NRA
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- rte
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- Ges
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- SAG
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noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SAA
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- SRO
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- So.
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- IRS
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
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- se-
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- ISR
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- RTS
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- STI
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- rt.
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- nr.
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- GAS
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noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ise
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- Rs.
-
- ing
-
- Gat
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noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- N.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NI
-
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OA
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- OG
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- G.
-
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TG
-
- RO
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- t.
-
- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- EI
-
- IG
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- S.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SA
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- SG
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- GN
-
- rg
-
- TN
-
- SN
-
- R.
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
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- RI
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- RN
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- NG
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