Anagrams of air-to-surface
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- surface-to-air
-
adverb,
from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere:
- fractious
-
adjective,
refractory or unruly:
- arcatures
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noun,
an arcade of small dimensions.
- fruticose
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adjective,
having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- Tuscarora
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noun,
a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.
- actuaries
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noun,
Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
- facetious
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adjective,
not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
- factories
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noun,
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- scrutoire
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noun,
writing desk (def 1).
- fractures
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noun,
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- Courtrai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Lys River: important medieval city.
- courtier
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noun,
a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- fratries
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noun,
frater2 .
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- refracts
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verb (used with object),
to subject to refraction.
- fasciate
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adjective,
bound with a band, fillet, or bandage.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- farceurs
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noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- arterio-
-
- Serratia
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noun,
a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- crofters
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noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- araceous
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adjective,
belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- curators
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noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- faitours
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noun,
impostor; fake.
- aerators
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- Rotifera
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noun,
the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- rotifers
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noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- factious
-
adjective,
given to faction; dissentious:
- factures
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- Eustacia
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noun,
a female given name.
- fructose
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noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- airfares
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noun,
the price charged for transportation by airplane.
- forecast
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verb (used with object),
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
- arcature
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noun,
an arcade of small dimensions.
- outfaces
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verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- fracturs
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noun,
Fraktur (def 2).
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- fruiters
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noun,
a cargo vessel carrying fruit.
- erratics
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- Sarraute
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noun,
Nathalie [na-ta-lee] /na taˈli/ (Show IPA), (Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak) 1900–1999, French novelist, born in Russia.
- carfares
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noun,
the amount charged for a ride on a subway, streetcar, bus, etc.
- aircraft
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noun,
any machine supported for flight in the air by buoyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces, especially powered airplanes, gliders, and helicopters.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- furcates
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- Frascati
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noun,
a fruity white wine from Rome.
- fracture
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noun,
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- Eurocrat
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noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- farruca
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noun,
a Spanish flamenco dance.
- refract
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verb (used with object),
to subject to refraction.
- crofter
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noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- cruiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that cruises.
- caesura
-
noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- fractus
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adjective,
containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- carafes
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noun,
a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
- arcuate
-
adjective,
bent or curved like a bow.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- faucets
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noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- aristo-
-
- stearo-
-
- ferrous
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adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the bivalent state.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- 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.
- fiacres
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noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- friseur
-
noun,
a hairdresser.
- auroras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn.
Compare Eos.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- rosaria
-
noun,
a rose garden.
- fruiter
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noun,
a cargo vessel carrying fruit.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Austria
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noun,
a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
- furcate
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- routers
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- fraters
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noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- Forster
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noun,
E(dward) M(organ) 1879–1970, English novelist.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- arteri-
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- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- courser
-
noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- Courier
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noun,
a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- Austro-
-
- rouster
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- far-out
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adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- acetous
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adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- aerator
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- turacos
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noun,
touraco.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- rotifer
-
noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- Caserta
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noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- rafters
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noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- Eurasia
-
noun,
Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
- Etruria
-
noun,
an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
- acerous
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adjective,
acerose1 .
- surfeit
-
noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- cerato-
-
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- forties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- forcers
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- erratas
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- outface
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verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- Forrest
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noun,
Edwin, 1806–72, U.S. actor.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- scourer
-
noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Fourier
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noun,
François Marie Charles [frahn-swa ma-ree sharl] /frɑ̃ˈswa maˈri ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1772–1837, French socialist, writer, and reformer.
- curator
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noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- curares
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noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- farceur
-
noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- trouser
-
noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- fractur
-
noun,
Fraktur (def 2).
- surface
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noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- faitour
-
noun,
impostor; fake.
- airfare
-
noun,
the price charged for transportation by airplane.
- recruit
-
noun,
a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- ouraris
-
noun,
curare.
- facture
-
noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- festuca
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noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- carreta
-
noun,
a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- farcies
-
noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- carfare
-
noun,
the amount charged for a ride on a subway, streetcar, bus, etc.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- curites
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- factors
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- cerat-
-
- forcer
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- cirro-
-
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- cirrus
-
noun,
Meteorology.
a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000 meters).
a cirriform cloud.
- certif
-
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- ourari
-
noun,
curare.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- cursor
-
noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- Factor
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- Currie
-
noun,
East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Curare
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- facias
-
noun,
dashboard (def 1).
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Erfurt
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Thuringia, in central Germany.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scato-
-
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- safari
-
noun,
a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- sacro-
-
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- crafts
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- ferous
-
- ferri-
-
- ferric
-
adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the trivalent state.
- ferro-
-
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- cruors
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- fascia
-
noun,
a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- sarco-
-
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- fatsia
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Fatsia japonica, of the ginseng family, having large, glossy, palmately compound leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- retro-
-
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- turco-
-
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Aeacus
-
noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- iatro-
-
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- acuate
-
adjective,
sharpened; pointed.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- fustic
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- Rafter
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- furors
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- astro-
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- 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.
- aftosa
-
noun,
foot-and-mouth disease.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- recti-
-
- Africa
-
noun,
a continent S of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. About 11,700,000 sq. mi. (30,303,000 sq. km).
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- rectos
-
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- treasr
-
- Arcaro
-
noun,
Edward ("Eddie") 1916–97, U.S. jockey.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- recurs
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- frater
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Fraser
-
noun,
James Earle, 1876–1953, U.S. sculptor.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- carafe
-
noun,
a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- fracas
-
noun,
a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- tarso-
-
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- utero-
-
- tafias
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- afters
-
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- aceous
-
- austr-
-
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- aceto-
-
- friers
-
noun,
fryer.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- acious
-
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Aurora
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn.
Compare Eos.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- tauro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Euro-
-
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- oste-
-
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- scat-
-
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- rears
-
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- octa-
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Scot.
-
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- facia
-
noun,
dashboard (def 1).
- fort.
-
- Recit
-
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- feti-
-
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- Fris.
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- 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.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fore-
-
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- 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.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- fires
-
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- Farro
-
noun,
emmer.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- 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.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- sarc-
-
- furor
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- IATSE
-
- Safar
-
noun,
the second month of the Muslim calendar.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- 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.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- restr
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- friar
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- 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.
- tears
-
- auto.
-
- tera-
-
- Aust.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- aurar
-
noun,
plural of eyrir.
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- 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.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- 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.
- tious
-
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- asco-
-
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- caus.
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- cata-
-
- tafia
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- aeri-
-
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- Afro-
-
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- afars
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aero-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- actos
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- acro-
-
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- acet-
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- 30-30
-
- AFTRA
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Arrau
-
noun,
Claudio [klaw-dee-oh;; Spanish klou-th yaw] /ˈklɔ diˌoʊ;; Spanish ˈklaʊ ðyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, Chilean pianist.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- areo-
-
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- treas
-
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- crit.
-
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- sect.
-
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Ecua.
-
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- 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.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- sito-
-
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- 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.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- seti-
-
- sero-
-
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Seric
-
- 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.
- ecto-
-
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cores
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- corr.
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ster.
-
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- saur
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- USIA
-
- USRC
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ref.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tri-
-
- out-
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- USTC
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- RAAF
-
- RCAF
-
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- sec.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- sci.
-
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- uret
-
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- uria
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- USCA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Tues
-
- USAR
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- uro-
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Ste.
-
- scr.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- taur
-
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- str.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Sat.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- ator
-
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- FERA
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aur-
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- fec.
-
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- ates
-
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- FACS
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- fac.
-
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- atic
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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).
- frt.
-
- Frs.
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Fri.
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- FRCS
-
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- for.
-
- FOIA
-
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- fict
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- FICA
-
- Eur.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- asc-
-
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Cort
-
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- cis-
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cur.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- 1080
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- 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.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- est.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- eso-
-
- cat.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- cir.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- eous
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EFTA
-
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- AFSC
-
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ious
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- afr-
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aire
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- acea
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aet.
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- aer-
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Afar
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- Oct.
-
- iso-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- ICAO
-
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- IATA
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- arr.
-
- fut.
-
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- fur.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- art.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- IAEA
-
- 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.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ARIS
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- CFI
-
- CFA
-
- CFO
-
- ACS
-
- Ar.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CRT
-
- cfs
-
- ur-
-
- UIT
-
- CEO
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CEF
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- CEA
-
- ac-
-
- UFC
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- CFR
-
- CIE
-
- ure
-
- AIA
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- STI
-
- AUC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- AAE
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- AAF
-
- UCR
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- CRS
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AAU
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- suf
-
- UTC
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- CIF
-
- Af.
-
- CIA
-
- uti
-
- Aar
-
- AFA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aor
-
- at.
-
- AOA
-
- ATA
-
- ATC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tro
-
- AUA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AOU
-
- ASU
-
- ca.
-
- tra
-
- ARU
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ASI
-
- tr.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- trf
-
- 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.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ast
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AIC
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- UAE
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CAI
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ct.
-
- AEF
-
- AEC
-
- AEA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ae.
-
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- CAA
-
- cs.
-
- CAF
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- 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.
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- cf.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- AFS
-
- tue
-
- AFC
-
- TSE
-
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- Tu.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sr.
-
- RFC
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- IFC
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFA
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IOC
-
- IOF
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ir.
-
- ITU
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- fic
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- FIO
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- FOS
-
- FOT
-
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- CSA
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- ics
-
- FRC
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- FSA
-
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- ROA
-
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- RSA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- of-
-
- OFr
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- RAF
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Oc.
-
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- OSA
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OSF
-
- OTC
-
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- OAU
-
- Rs.
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- RSE
-
- eir
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECF
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ef-
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- SER
-
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).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- EIS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EOF
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- rt.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Sfc
-
- ESR
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CSF
-
- CSO
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctf
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SOF
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- eo-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- 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.
- Esc
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ESU
-
- SAA
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- SAR
-
- FCA
-
- SAE
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SRO
-
- FAO
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- FET
-
- Fia
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- FCS
-
- FAA
-
- fo.
-
- sc.
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ETO
-
- SCF
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- S.
-
- RI
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SA
-
- CU
-
- AO
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- RC
-
- RF
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- RU
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- T1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- RO
-
- O.
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- OA
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- TC
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- SF
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- UI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- FE
-
- SU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- CE
-
- FC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- EI
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.