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- narcoanalysis
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noun,
a method of psychological investigation in which the conscious or unconscious unwillingness of a subject to express memories or feelings is diminished by the use of a barbiturate drug.
- archidiaconal
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adjective,
of or relating to an archdeacon or to the office of an archdeacon.
- microanalysis
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noun,
Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- asynchronism
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noun,
a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- Indo-malayan
-
adjective,
of Indian and Malayan origin, sponsorship, etc.
- Nilo-Saharan
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noun,
a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as well as Kanuri, Songhai, and other languages, spoken from the Sahara southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
- synchronism
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noun,
coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- disharmonic
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adjective,
lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
- syndicalism
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noun,
a form or development of trade unionism, originating in France, that aims at the possession of the means of production and distribution, and ultimately at the control of society, by federated bodies of industrial workers, and that seeks to realize its purposes through general strikes, terrorism, sabotage, etc.
- monarchical
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adjective,
of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- anachronism
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noun,
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time:
- androclinia
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noun,
clinandrium.
- Canadianism
-
noun,
allegiance to or pride in Canada and its institutions.
- maraschinos
-
noun,
a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- alcyonarian
-
noun,
any anthozoan coelenterate of the subclass Alcyonaria, as corals and sea anemones, having the tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight.
- radicalisms
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noun,
the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- carolinians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of North Carolina or of South Carolina.
- anarchisms
-
noun,
a doctrine urging the abolition of government or governmental restraint as the indispensable condition for full social and political liberty.
- acidolysis
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noun,
decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and an acid.
- anharmonic
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adjective,
of or relating to an oscillating system that is not undergoing simple harmonic motion.
- macaronics
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noun,
macaronics, macaronic language.
- narcomania
-
noun,
Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.
- cochairman
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noun,
one of two or more joint chairmen.
- sardinians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sardinia.
- missionary
-
noun,
a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
- anhidrosis
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noun,
the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- scansorial
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adjective,
capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
- dominicans
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noun,
a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded by St. Dominic; Black Friar.
- insomniacs
-
noun,
a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep:
- calamancos
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noun,
a glossy woolen fabric checkered or brocaded in the warp so that the pattern shows on one side only, much used in the 18th century.
- clinandria
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noun,
a cavity in the apex of the column in orchids, in which the anthers rest; the androclinium.
- Indo-Aryan
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noun,
a member of a people of India who are Indo-European in speech and Caucasoid in physical characteristics.
- carnassial
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adjective,
(of teeth) adapted for shearing flesh.
- radicalism
-
noun,
the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- carcinomas
-
noun,
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- canonicals
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noun,
canonicals, garments prescribed by canon law for clergy when officiating.
- Chardonnay
-
- inharmonic
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adjective,
not harmonic; dissonant.
- maraschino
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noun,
a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- harmonicas
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noun,
Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- chiromancy
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noun,
palmistry.
- calimancos
-
noun,
calamanco.
- calcinosis
-
noun,
an abnormal condition characterized by the deposit of calcium salts in various tissues of the body.
- calamondin
-
noun,
a small citrus tree, Citrofortunella mitis, of the Philippines.
- Circassian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Circassia.
- corn-salad
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Valerianella, of the valerian family, especially V. locusta (or V. olitoria), having small light blue flowers and tender, narrow leaves eaten in salads.
- adriamycin
-
- Cornishman
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Cornwall.
- Carolinian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of North Carolina or of South Carolina.
- synchronic
-
adjective,
having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history:
- disharmony
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noun,
lack of harmony; discord.
- diachronic
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adjective,
of or relating to the changes in a linguistic system between successive points in time; historical:
- dissonancy
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noun,
dissonance.
- crash-land
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verb (used with object),
to land (an aircraft), under circumstances in which a normal landing is impossible, in such a way that damage to the aircraft is unavoidable.
- man-child
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noun,
a male child; boy; son.
- chrysalis
-
noun,
the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- Richlands
-
noun,
a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works.
Compare Hanford (def 2).
- mydriasis
-
noun,
excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye, as the result of disease, drugs, or the like.
- camisados
-
noun,
a military attack made at night.
- chrismons
-
noun,
Chi-Rho.
- Laminaria
-
noun,
any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.
- chrysalid
-
noun,
a chrysalis.
- sandaracs
-
noun,
a coniferous tree, Tetraclinis articulata (Callitrus quadrivalvis), native to northwestern Africa, yielding a resin and a fragrant, hard, dark-colored wood much used in building.
- idiocrasy
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noun,
idiosyncrasy.
- Chlamydia
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noun,
Microbiology. any coccoid rickettsia of the genus Chlamydia, parasitic in birds and mammals, including humans, and causing various infections, especially of the eyes, as trachoma, lungs, as psittacosis, and genitourinary tract, as urethritis or chlamydia.
- mainlands
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noun,
the principal land of a country, region, etc., as distinguished from adjacent islands or a peninsula:
- chirimoya
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noun,
cherimoya.
- microinch
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to one millionth of an inch. Symbol: μin.
- calisayas
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noun,
the medicinal bark of the tree Cinchona calisaya.
- homiliary
-
noun,
a collection of homilies.
- calimanco
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noun,
calamanco.
- circadian
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to rhythmic biological cycles recurring at approximately 24-hour intervals.
- anaclisis
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noun,
the choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
- myocardia
-
noun,
the muscular substance of the heart.
- socialism
-
noun,
a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
- arcadians
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noun,
a native of Arcadia.
- Anacharis
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noun,
elodea.
- Circassia
-
noun,
a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, bordering on the Black Sea.
- main-yard
-
noun,
a yard for a square mainsail.
- Alamannic
-
noun,
the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany.
Compare Bavarian (def 3).
- Himalayas
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noun,
the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- cynicisms
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noun,
cynical disposition, character, or belief.
- aniconism
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noun,
opposition to the use of idols or images.
- cinchonas
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noun,
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, especially C. calisaya, native to the Andes, cultivated there and in Java and India for its bark, which yields quinine and other alkaloids.
- holandric
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adjective,
of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- homicidal
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adjective,
of or relating to homicide.
- canadians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Canada.
- orinasals
-
noun,
an orinasal sound.
- chiliasms
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noun,
the doctrine of Christ's expected return to reign on earth for 1000 years; millennialism.
- chainsman
-
noun,
a person who stands in the chains to take soundings; leadsman.
- insomniac
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noun,
a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep:
- mariachis
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noun,
a member of such a band.
- maiolicas
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noun,
majolica.
- insomnias
-
noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- chairmans
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noun,
the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chairlady
-
noun,
chairwoman.
- cardinals
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- carcinoid
-
noun,
a small, yellowish amino-acid and peptide-secreting tumor usually found in the gastrointestinal tract and lung.
- marshland
-
noun,
a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- anonychia
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noun,
congenital absence of the nails.
- racialism
-
noun,
racism.
- ironclads
-
noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- Cassandra
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noun,
Also called Alexandra. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, a prophet cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies, though true, were fated never to be believed.
- diachrony
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noun,
Linguistics.
a diachronic approach to language study.
change or development in a linguistic system over a period of time.
- diachylon
-
noun,
an adhesive plaster consisting chiefly of litharge and oil, used in the treatment of wounds and excoriations.
- carcinoma
-
noun,
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- chancroid
-
noun,
an infectious venereal ulcer with a soft base.
- anacondas
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noun,
a South American boa, Eunectes murinus, that often grows to a length of more than 25 feet (7.6 meters).
- laconisms
-
noun,
laconic brevity.
- Michoacan
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noun,
a state in SW Mexico. 23,196 sq. mi. (60,080 sq. km). Capital: Morelia.
- cancroids
-
noun,
Pathology. a form of cancer of the skin.
- mainsails
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a mainmast.
- Indianola
-
noun,
a town in central Iowa.
- Charolais
-
noun,
one of a breed of large white or cream-colored beef cattle, originally of France, often used in crossbreeding.
- marchland
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noun,
borderland.
- arachnoid
-
noun,
an arachnid.
- characins
-
noun,
any freshwater fish of the family Characidae, of Africa and Central and South America.
- canonical
-
noun,
canonicals, garments prescribed by canon law for clergy when officiating.
- dimissory
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adjective,
dismissing or giving permission to depart.
- Indochina
-
noun,
a peninsula in SE Asia, between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, W Malaysia, and Burma (Myanmar).
- dichromic
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving two colors only:
- dichroism
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noun,
Crystallography. pleochroism of a uniaxial crystal such that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions under transmitted light.
- arachidic
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adjective,
of or derived from arachidic acid.
- charcoals
-
noun,
the carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic substances in the absence of air.
- scincoids
-
noun,
a scincoid lizard.
- Dionysian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or honoring Dionysus or Bacchus.
- calamanco
-
noun,
a glossy woolen fabric checkered or brocaded in the warp so that the pattern shows on one side only, much used in the 18th century.
- mandolins
-
noun,
a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- mandarins
-
noun,
(in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- lyricisms
-
noun,
lyric character or style, as in poetry.
- Sardinian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sardinia.
- macaronis
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- cnidarian
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noun,
any invertebrate animal, as a hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, or coral, considered as belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by the specialized stinging structures in the tentacles surrounding the mouth; a coelenterate.
- sciomachy
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noun,
sciamachy.
- simoniacs
-
noun,
a person who practices simony.
- anchorman
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noun,
Sports. anchor (def 11).
- handrails
-
noun,
a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- acariasis
-
noun,
infestation with acarids, especially mites.
- macaronic
-
noun,
macaronics, macaronic language.
- Corydalis
-
noun,
any of the erect or climbing plants constituting the genus Corydalis, of the poppy family, having divided leaves, tuberous or fibrous roots, and clusters of irregular spurred flowers.
- criminals
-
noun,
a person guilty or convicted of a crime.
- monarchal
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adjective,
pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch:
- mandiocas
-
noun,
cassava.
- cocainism
-
noun,
an abnormal condition due to excessive or habitual use of cocaine.
- conciliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or issued by a council.
- archaisms
-
noun,
something archaic, as a word or expression.
- ascidians
-
noun,
any solitary or colonial tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, exhibiting in the larval stage the vertebrate characteristics of a notocord and hollow nerve cord.
- Draconian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
- saccharo-
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- mandilion
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noun,
a short cloak, with full hanging sleeves, often open or slit under the arms, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- saccharin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 5 NO 3 S, produced synthetically, which in dilute solution is 500 times as sweet as sugar: its soluble sodium salt is used as a noncaloric sugar substitute in the manufacture of syrups, foods, and beverages.
- sayonaras
-
interjection, noun,
farewell; goodbye.
- Aaronical
-
adjective,
Aaronic.
- clochards
-
noun,
a beggar; vagrant; tramp.
- admission
-
noun,
the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles:
- harmonica
-
noun,
Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- sciamachy
-
noun,
an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.
- maccaroni
-
noun,
macaroni.
- Dominican
-
noun,
a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded by St. Dominic; Black Friar.
- harmonics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the science of musical sounds.
- anarchism
-
noun,
a doctrine urging the abolition of government or governmental restraint as the indispensable condition for full social and political liberty.
- dyscrasia
-
noun,
a malfunction or abnormal condition, especially an imbalance of the constituents of the blood.
- dissocial
-
adjective,
disinclined to or unsuitable for society; unsocial.
- adnominal
-
noun,
a word or phrase that modifies a noun.
- cronyisms
-
noun,
the practice of favoring one's close friends, especially in political appointments.
- dominical
-
adjective,
of or relating to Jesus Christ as Lord.
- Corsicana
-
noun,
a city in E Texas.
- Carmania
-
noun,
a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
- maiolica
-
noun,
majolica.
- carloads
-
noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- macaroni
-
noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- nominals
-
noun,
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
- nondairy
-
adjective,
being a substitute for milk or milk products; containing no dairy ingredients:
- arachnid
-
noun,
any wingless, carnivorous arthropod of the class Arachnida, including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy-longlegs, having a body divided into two parts, the cephalothorax and the abdomen, and having eight appendages and no antennae.
Compare insect.
- Carniola
-
noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- nomarchs
-
noun,
the governor of a nome or a nomarchy.
- madonnas
-
noun,
the Virgin Mary (usually preceded by the).
- nonhardy
-
- cariocas
-
noun,
a modification of the samba.
- mahonias
-
noun,
any of various evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, including the Oregon grape.
- Caodaism
-
noun,
an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- caracols
-
noun, verb (used without object),
caracole.
- Osmanlis
-
noun,
an Ottoman.
- Cardinal
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- Arianism
-
noun,
the doctrine, taught by Arius, that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.
- Mahicans
-
noun,
a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley.
- armloads
-
noun,
Chiefly Midland U.S. armful (def 1).
- simoniac
-
noun,
a person who practices simony.
- isochasm
-
noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- isocracy
-
noun,
a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- Issachar
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:18.
- Ossianic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossian, the poetry attributed to him, or the rhythmic prose published by James Macpherson in 1762–63, purporting to be a translation from the Scottish Gaelic.
- cardiacs
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a cardiac remedy.
- Dionysia
-
plural noun,
the orgiastic and dramatic festivals held periodically in honor of Dionysus, especially those in Attica, from which Greek comedy and tragedy developed.
- laconism
-
noun,
laconic brevity.
- normalcy
-
noun,
the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality:
- ascarids
-
noun,
any nematode of the family Ascaridae; roundworm.
- Sicanian
-
adjective,
Sicilian.
- lyricism
-
noun,
lyric character or style, as in poetry.
- calisaya
-
noun,
the medicinal bark of the tree Cinchona calisaya.
- Lyonnais
-
noun,
a former province in E France.
- Assyrian
-
noun,
a native or an inhabitant of Assyria.
- archaism
-
noun,
something archaic, as a word or expression.
- lanyards
-
noun,
Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- caldrons
-
noun,
cauldron.
- caldaria
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman bath) a room having a hot bath.
- Laodamas
-
noun,
a son of Eteocles who defended Thebes against the Epigoni, killed Aegialeus, and was killed by Alcmaeon.
- calorics
-
noun,
heat.
- Laodamia
-
noun,
a daughter of Acastus who committed suicide so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the underworld.
- calamary
-
noun,
a squid, especially of the genus Loligo.
- Arcadian
-
noun,
a native of Arcadia.
- limacons
-
noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- cacodyls
-
noun,
an oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid compound composed of two cacodyl groups, (CH 3) 2 As−As(CH 3) 2 , that has a vile, garliclike odor and that undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.
- isanomal
-
noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal anomaly of a meteorological quantity.
- Lycaonia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- oralisms
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- calamari
-
noun,
squid.
- laniards
-
noun,
lanyard.
- Landsman
-
noun,
Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- nomarchy
-
noun,
one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- orinasal
-
noun,
an orinasal sound.
- silicons
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- darshans
-
noun,
a preacher or teacher of Aggadah or Halakhah in a synagogue.
- laicisms
-
noun,
the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- ascidian
-
noun,
any solitary or colonial tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, exhibiting in the larval stage the vertebrate characteristics of a notocord and hollow nerve cord.
- mainsail
-
noun,
the lowermost sail on a mainmast.
- norlands
-
noun,
northland.
- cancroid
-
noun,
Pathology. a form of cancer of the skin.
- arcadias
-
noun,
a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people.
- Normandy
-
noun,
a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- landmass
-
noun,
a part of the continental crust above sea level having a distinct identity, as a continent or large island.
- Londrina
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Mainland
-
noun,
the principal land of a country, region, etc., as distinguished from adjacent islands or a peninsula:
- loaiasis
-
noun,
loiasis.
- Canadian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Canada.
- Lysandra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ordinals
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- Camisard
-
noun,
any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- camisado
-
noun,
a military attack made at night.
- onanisms
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- incisors
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- Carolina
-
noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- handcars
-
noun,
a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- dormancy
-
noun,
the state of being dormant.
- dorsalis
-
noun,
a blood vessel or nerve serving the back of the part with which it is associated.
- sadirons
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- drachmas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.
- Draconic
-
adjective,
of or like a dragon.
- sacchar-
-
- Saarland
-
noun,
a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- colicins
-
noun,
any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
- halcyons
-
noun,
a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher, said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea, and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness.
- halyards
-
noun,
any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
- halidoms
-
noun,
a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- codicils
-
noun,
a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
- Rosalind
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cochairs
-
noun,
a cochairperson.
- coalyard
-
- cordials
-
noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- Cnidaria
-
noun,
an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.
- harmonic
-
noun,
Music. overtone (def 1).
- Harmonia
-
noun,
the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- harianas
-
noun,
Haryana.
- clochard
-
noun,
a beggar; vagrant; tramp.
- Clorinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scholars
-
noun,
a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- cnidocil
-
noun,
a hairlike sensory process projecting from the surface of a cnidoblast, believed to trigger the discharge of the nematocyst.
- handyman
-
noun,
a person hired to do various small jobs, especially in the maintenance of an apartment building, office building, or the like.
- scansion
-
noun,
the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or · for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
- scandias
-
noun,
scandium oxide.
- handrail
-
noun,
a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- coachman
-
noun,
a man employed to drive a coach or carriage.
- Scandian
-
noun,
a Scandinavian.
- handiron
-
noun,
andiron.
- sardonic
-
adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- Sardinia
-
noun,
a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- Clarissa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- sannyasi
-
noun,
Hinduism. a wandering beggar and ascetic.
- diaconal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a deacon.
- dialysis
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. the separation of crystalloids from colloids in a solution by diffusion through a membrane.
- Damrosch
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; German ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; German ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1832–85, German conductor and violinist, in the U.S. after 1871.
- dichasia
-
noun,
a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces a pair of lateral axes.
- dichroic
-
adjective,
characterized by dichroism:
- salmonid
-
noun,
a salmonid fish.
- dynamics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) Physics. the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion and equilibrium of systems under the action of forces, usually from outside the system.
- dinarchy
-
noun,
duarchy.
- sandarac
-
noun,
a coniferous tree, Tetraclinis articulata (Callitrus quadrivalvis), native to northwestern Africa, yielding a resin and a fragrant, hard, dark-colored wood much used in building.
- dairyman
-
noun,
an owner or manager of a dairy.
- Salishan
-
noun,
a family of American Indian languages including Coeur d'Alêne, Kalispel, and other languages of British Columbia and the northwestern U.S.
- dioramas
-
noun,
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- salicins
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- disclaim
-
verb (used with object),
to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown:
- dislimns
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to become dim or indistinct.
- sardanas
-
noun,
a dance of the region of Catalonia, Spain, in which the dancers form a moving circle.
- sayonara
-
interjection, noun,
farewell; goodbye.
- Dominica
-
noun,
one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- sarcomas
-
noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- sarcoids
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sailyard
-
noun,
a yard for a sail.
- cramoisy
-
noun,
crimson cloth.
- Dohnanyi
-
noun,
Ernst von [ernst fuh n] /ɛrnst fən/ (Show IPA), or Ernő [er-nœ] /ˈɛr nœ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1960, Hungarian pianist and composer in the U.S.
- sarcinas
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- cronyism
-
noun,
the practice of favoring one's close friends, especially in political appointments.
- cricoids
-
noun,
the cricoid cartilage.
- criminal
-
noun,
a person guilty or convicted of a crime.
- criminol
-
- crimsons
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- crinoids
-
noun,
any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.
- cryonics
-
noun,
the deep-freezing of human bodies at death for preservation and possible revival in the future; cryostasis (def 1).
- clarsach
-
noun,
an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- clarions
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- radiancy
-
noun,
radiance.
- insomnia
-
noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- chiliads
-
noun,
a group of 1000.
- Chiclayo
-
noun,
a city in NW Peru.
- Chicanos
-
noun,
a Mexican-American.
- chiasmas
-
noun,
Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- incisory
-
adjective,
adapted for cutting, as the incisor teeth.
- anosmias
-
noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- indicans
-
noun,
a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
- Charmian
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- charlady
-
noun,
a charwoman.
- charisma
-
noun,
Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.
- charcoal
-
noun,
the carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic substances in the absence of air.
- characin
-
noun,
any freshwater fish of the family Characidae, of Africa and Central and South America.
- Raimondi
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kan-toh-nee-oh;; Italian mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1534, Italian engraver.
- chansons
-
noun,
any of several types of song with French lyrics, occurring from the Middle Ages to the present in a variety of musical styles.
- chamisos
-
noun,
a saltbush, Atriplex canescens, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having grayish, scurfy foliage.
- Chinaman
-
noun,
Older Use: Offensive. a term used to refer to a Chinese person or a person of Chinese descent.
- Irishman
-
noun,
a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- cascaras
-
noun,
a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., having finely toothed leaves and flowers in umbels and yielding cascara sagrada.
- Shardana
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of the eastern Mediterranean who served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and may have settled in Sardinia and Sicily.
- iron-man
-
noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- ironical
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery:
- ironclad
-
noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- radicals
-
noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- radioman
-
noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- chaldron
-
noun,
an English dry measure formerly used for coal, coke, lime, and the like, varying locally from 32 to 36 bushels or more.
- iranians
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- chadarim
-
noun,
plural of cheder.
- Radisson
-
noun,
Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- chainman
-
noun,
a person who holds and positions a chain in taking measurements.
- chairman
-
noun,
the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- Chaldaic
-
noun, adjective,
Chaldean.
- chiliasm
-
noun,
the doctrine of Christ's expected return to reign on earth for 1000 years; millennialism.
- ranchman
-
noun,
a rancher.
- clarinos
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Cinchona
-
noun,
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, especially C. calisaya, native to the Andes, cultivated there and in Java and India for its bark, which yields quinine and other alkaloids.
- Clarinda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- Hasidism
-
noun,
the principles and practices of the Hasidim.
- clansman
-
noun,
a member of a clan.
- clannish
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
- Romanian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Romania.
- scincoid
-
noun,
a scincoid lizard.
- sciolism
-
noun,
superficial knowledge.
- clachans
-
noun,
a small village or hamlet.
- hydronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- hidrosis
-
noun,
the excessive production of sweat.
- Himalaya
-
noun,
the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- cinnamic
-
adjective,
of or obtained from cinnamon.
- Cynicism
-
noun,
cynical disposition, character, or belief.
- Hinayana
-
noun,
earlier of the two great schools of Buddhism, still prevalent in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts.
- Hyrcania
-
noun,
an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- idolisms
-
noun,
idolatry.
- Richland
-
noun,
a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works.
Compare Hanford (def 2).
- chloasma
-
noun,
a condition in which light-brown spots occur on the skin, caused by exposure to sun, dyspepsia, or certain specific diseases.
- chondral
-
adjective,
of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- chondria
-
noun,
a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- chrismon
-
noun,
Chi-Rho.
- chrisoms
-
noun,
chrism.
- chronics
-
noun,
Slang. cronic.
- cyanosis
-
noun,
blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- Cimarosa
-
noun,
Domenico [daw-me-nee-kaw] /dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1801, Italian conductor and composer.
- Richmond
-
noun,
former name of Staten Island (def 2).
- hosannas
-
noun,
a cry of “hosanna.”.
- horn-mad
-
adjective,
furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- cichlids
-
noun,
any of the spiny-rayed, freshwater fishes constituting the family Cichlidae, of South America, Africa, and southern Asia, superficially resembling the American sunfishes and popular in home aquariums.
- hominids
-
noun,
any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors.
- cyclosis
-
noun,
the movement of protoplasm within a cell.
- malaccas
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula: formerly a part of the British Straits Settlements and of the Federation of Malaya. 640 sq. mi. (1658 sq. km).
- darshana
-
noun,
any of the six principal systems of philosophy.
- acrimony
-
noun,
sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.:
- acclaims
-
noun,
acclamation (defs 1, 2).
- Nicholas
-
noun,
of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher.
German Nikolaus von Cusa.
- mandolin
-
noun,
a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- solarism
-
noun,
the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- mandolas
-
noun,
an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
- achromic
-
adjective,
colorless; without coloring matter.
- midirons
-
noun,
a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a driving iron but less slope than a mid-mashie.
- acholias
-
noun,
lack of a secretion of bile.
- Achimaas
-
noun,
Ahimaaz.
- achilary
-
adjective,
having no labellum or lip, or one that is undeveloped, as in the flower of certain orchids.
- airmails
-
noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- mariachi
-
noun,
a member of such a band.
- andirons
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- mandioca
-
noun,
cassava.
- acidosis
-
noun,
a blood condition in which the bicarbonate concentration is below normal.
- Andrassy
-
noun,
Count Julius, 1823–90, Hungarian statesman.
- Marianao
-
noun,
a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.
- Accadian
-
noun,
the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.
- Marianna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- monachal
-
adjective,
of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
- solidary
-
adjective,
characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- Mandarin
-
noun,
(in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- Alamanni
-
noun,
a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.
- mandalas
-
noun,
Oriental Art. a schematized representation of the cosmos, chiefly characterized by a concentric configuration of geometric shapes, each of which contains an image of a deity or an attribute of a deity.
- Mandalay
-
noun,
a city in central Burma (Myanmar), on the Irrawaddy River: the former capital of Upper Burma.
- anhydro-
-
- man-days
-
noun,
a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- Marciano
-
noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- Mohicans
-
noun,
Mahican.
- monandry
-
noun,
the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.
- acrylics
-
noun,
acrylic fiber.
- mansards
-
noun,
Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part.
Compare French roof.
- misandry
-
noun,
hatred of males.
- misdials
-
noun,
an act or instance of misdialing.
- Noachian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- Anaconda
-
noun,
a South American boa, Eunectes murinus, that often grows to a length of more than 25 feet (7.6 meters).
- Socinian
-
noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- narcosis
-
noun,
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- narcomas
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- moccasin
-
noun,
a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- minorcas
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Sismondi
-
noun,
Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de [zhahn sharl ley-aw-nar see-mawnd duh] /ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɪ ɔˈnar siˈmɔ̃d də/ (Show IPA), 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist.
- analysis
-
noun,
the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- Ahmadiya
-
noun,
a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- Nocardia
-
noun,
any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- Minorcan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- minicars
-
noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- Maranhao
-
noun,
a state in NE Brazil. 125,312 sq. mi. (324,560 sq. km). Capital: São Luiz.
- acrasins
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- amyloids
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a waxy, translucent substance, composed primarily of protein fibers, that is deposited in various organs of animals in certain diseases.
- maniacal
-
adjective,
of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- Mindanao
-
noun,
the second largest island of the Philippines, in the S part of the group. 36,537 sq. mi. (94,631 sq. km).
- mochilas
-
noun,
a flap of leather on the seat of a saddle, used as a covering and sometimes as a base to which saddlebags are attached.
- Niarchos
-
noun,
Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- anarchic
-
adjective,
of, like, or tending to anarchy.
- marascas
-
noun,
a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- syndical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a union of persons engaged in a particular trade.
- acyloins
-
noun,
a hydroxy ketone of the general formula RCOCHOHR, where R is an element or group.
- monacids
-
adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- admonish
-
verb (used with object),
to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- marocain
-
noun,
a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- Nirmalin
-
noun,
one of a group of Sikh ascetics devoted to the study of sacred writings.
- marshals
-
noun,
a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies.
Compare field marshal.
- malayans
-
adjective, noun,
Malay.
- Mondrian
-
noun,
Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- also-ran
-
noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- synchro-
-
- sirloins
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- mascaron
-
noun,
mask (def 11).
- aniconic
-
adjective,
not employing or permitting images, idols, etc.:
- mordancy
-
noun,
the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- malarias
-
noun,
Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- Animalia
-
noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.
- sonarman
-
noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- Sinclair
-
noun,
Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- marsalas
-
noun,
a seaport in W Sicily.
- malisons
-
noun,
a curse.
- monardas
-
noun,
any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea.
- Malaysia
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- monarchs
-
noun,
a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- monarchy
-
noun,
a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch.
Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- Marsilid
-
- Masaccio
-
noun,
(Tommaso Guidi) 1401–28? Italian painter.
- mascaras
-
noun,
a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- clamors
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- minyans
-
noun,
the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present to conduct a communal religious service, traditionally a minimum of 10 Jewish males over 13 years of age.
- chamiso
-
noun,
a saltbush, Atriplex canescens, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having grayish, scurfy foliage.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Holiday
-
noun,
a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- holisms
-
noun,
Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts.
Compare organicism (def 1).
- aldrins
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- ciliary
-
adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to various anatomical structures in or about the eye.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- milords
-
noun,
an English nobleman or gentleman (usually used as a term of address).
- cycloid
-
noun,
a cycloid fish.
- chadors
-
noun,
the traditional garment of Muslim and Hindu women, consisting of a long, usually black or drab-colored cloth or veil that envelops the body from head to foot and covers all or part of the face.
- minicar
-
noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- hominid
-
noun,
any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors.
- Adonais
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- cichlid
-
noun,
any of the spiny-rayed, freshwater fishes constituting the family Cichlidae, of South America, Africa, and southern Asia, superficially resembling the American sunfishes and popular in home aquariums.
- Romansh
-
noun,
a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland.
Compare Ladin (def 2).
- chamois
-
noun,
an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
- Mashona
-
noun,
Shona (def 1).
- cycasin
-
noun,
a naturally occurring toxic glucoside, C 8 H 16 N 2 O 7 , obtained from the seeds of cycad plants, carcinogenic in humans and other mammals.
- cicalas
-
noun,
cicada.
- Honiara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Solomon Islands, N Guadalcanal.
- cicadas
-
noun,
any large homopterous insect of the family Cicadidae, the male of which produces a shrill sound by means of vibrating membranes on the underside of the abdomen.
- Aymaras
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living in the mountainous regions around Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.
- horsily
-
adverb,
in a horsy manner.
- Miranda
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.
- Chalons
-
noun,
Also called Châlons-sur-Marne [sha-lawn-syr-marn] /ʃa lɔn sürˈmarn/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Marne, in NE France: defeat of Attila a.d. 451.
- mascons
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- clachan
-
noun,
a small village or hamlet.
- hyaloid
-
noun,
hyaloid membrane.
- alimony
-
noun,
Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
- ahimsas
-
noun,
the principle of noninjury to living beings.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- iodisms
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- shamans
-
noun,
(especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- socials
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- mascara
-
noun,
a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- myosins
-
noun,
the principal contractile protein of muscle.
- Chalcis
-
noun,
a city on Euboea, in SE Greece.
- chalco-
-
- Romania
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- cissoid
-
noun,
a curve having a cusp at the origin and a point of inflection at infinity. Equation: r = 2 a sin(θ)tan(θ).
- aliyahs
-
noun,
the act of proceeding to the reading table in a synagogue for the reading of a portion from the Torah.
- anchory
-
adjective,
ancré.
- hosanna
-
noun,
a cry of “hosanna.”.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Ahriman
-
noun,
Angra Mainyu.
- minions
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- nasions
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- hymnals
-
noun,
Also called hymnbook [him-boo k] /ˈhɪmˌbʊk/ (Show IPA). a book of hymns for use in a religious service.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Cynical
-
adjective,
distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.
- incross
-
noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- Rhodian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Rhodes.
- miliary
-
adjective,
resembling millet seeds.
- anonyms
-
noun,
an assumed or false name.
- Chardin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Siméon [zhahn ba-teest see-mey-awn] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist si meɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1699–1779, French painter.
- chlamys
-
noun,
a short, fine woolen mantle worn by men in ancient Greece.
- nimrods
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- randoms
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- idolism
-
noun,
idolatry.
- charily
-
adverb,
carefully; warily.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Nilsson
-
noun,
(Märta) Birgit [mahr-tah bir-git;; English mahr-tuh bur-git] /ˈmɑr tɑ ˈbɪr gɪt;; English ˈmɑr tə ˈbɜr gɪt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2005, Swedish soprano.
- Alcaids
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- Chirico
-
noun,
Giorgio de [jawr-jaw de] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1978, Italian painter.
- randans
-
noun,
a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- ranchos
-
noun,
a ranch.
- ramsons
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- chimars
-
noun,
chimere.
- mycosis
-
noun,
the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body.
- Charcas
-
noun,
Carcas.
- Alcaics
-
noun,
Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- chiliad
-
noun,
a group of 1000.
- indican
-
noun,
a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
- Indiana
-
noun,
Robert (Robert Clarke) born 1928, U.S. painter of pop art.
- Ramadan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Muslim calendar.
Compare Muslim calendar.
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- chicory
-
noun,
a composite plant, Cichorium intybus, having bright-blue flower heads and toothed oblong leaves, cultivated as a salad plant and for its root, which is used roasted and ground as a substitute for or additive to coffee.
Compare endive (def 2).
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- Chicano
-
noun,
a Mexican-American.
- Nicolai
-
noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- chiasma
-
noun,
Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- Nicolay
-
noun,
John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- chloric
-
adjective,
of or containing chlorine in the pentavalent state.
- myiasis
-
noun,
any disease that results from the infestation of tissues or cavities of the body by larvae of flies.
- chryso-
-
- midrash
-
noun,
an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Chanaan
-
noun,
Canaan (def 4).
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- chronic
-
noun,
Slang. cronic.
- chromic
-
adjective,
of or containing chromium in the trivalent state, as chromic hydroxide, Cr(OH) 3 .
- Aldrich
-
noun,
Thomas Bailey, 1836–1907, U.S. short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
- Raymond
-
noun,
Henry Jarvis [jahr-vis] /ˈdʒɑr vɪs/ (Show IPA), 1820–69, U.S. publicist: founder of The New York Times.
- chromas
-
noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- chanson
-
noun,
any of several types of song with French lyrics, occurring from the Middle Ages to the present in a variety of musical styles.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- chrisom
-
noun,
chrism.
- innards
-
noun,
the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
- chrisms
-
noun,
a consecrated oil, usually mixed with balsam or balsam and spices, used by certainchurches in various rites, as in baptism, confirmation, and the like.
- midairs
-
noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- inlands
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- masonry
-
noun,
the craft or occupation of a mason.
- midiron
-
noun,
a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a driving iron but less slope than a mid-mashie.
- Nichols
-
noun,
John, born 1940, U.S. novelist.
- yardman
-
noun,
a sailor assigned to the yards of a vessel.
- Masorah
-
noun,
a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- Rashida
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “righteous.”.
- rascals
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- chordal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a chord.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- chorals
-
noun,
chorale.
- airmail
-
noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- myriads
-
noun,
a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
- ransoms
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- chondr-
-
- anosmia
-
noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- classic
-
noun,
an author or a literary work of the first rank, especially one of demonstrably enduring quality.
- crissal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the crissum.
- Acadian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Acadia.
- crimson
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- crinoid
-
noun,
any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.
- acacias
-
noun,
a small tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, having clusters of small yellow flowers.
- cryonic
-
noun,
the deep-freezing of human bodies at death for preservation and possible revival in the future; cryostasis (def 1).
- monarch
-
noun,
a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Saladin
-
noun,
(Salāh-ed-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) 1137–93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175–93: opponent of Crusaders.
- Salamis
-
noun,
an island off the SE coast of Greece, W of Athens, in the Gulf of Aegina: Greeks defeated Persians in a naval battle 480 b.c. 39 sq. mi. (101 sq. km).
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Monarda
-
noun,
any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea.
- dismals
-
noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- crossly
-
adverb,
in a cross or angry manner.
- sarcasm
-
noun,
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- csardas
-
noun,
czardas.
- acardia
-
noun,
congenital absence of a heart.
- cricoid
-
noun,
the cricoid cartilage.
- Somalia
-
noun,
an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- sailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sarcoma
-
noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- domical
-
adjective,
domelike.
- acclaim
-
noun,
acclamation (defs 1, 2).
- dolmans
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- crayons
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- Cranach
-
noun,
Lucas ("the Elder") 1472–1553, German painter and graphic artist.
- monacid
-
adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- cranio-
-
- craniol
-
- craniom
-
- acaroid
-
adjective,
resembling a mite or tick.
- acarids
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- salaams
-
noun,
a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- dislimn
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to become dim or indistinct.
- Sandron
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Dominic
-
noun,
Saint, 1170–1221, Spanish priest: founder of the Dominican order.
- samoans
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- salmons
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- Nanaimo
-
noun,
a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the SE part of Vancouver Island.
- damiana
-
noun,
the dried leaves of a Mexican plant, Turnera diffusa, formerly used as a laxative and a tonic, and purported to be effective in the treatment of sexual impotence.
- diarchy
-
noun,
government in which power is vested in two rulers or authorities.
- dianoia
-
noun,
the mental faculty used in discursive reasoning.
- damsons
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- samadhi
-
noun,
the highest stage in meditation, in which a person experiences oneness with the universe.
- dynamic
-
noun,
a basic or dynamic force, especially one that motivates, affects development or stability, etc.
- dharnas
-
noun,
(in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- dharmas
-
noun,
essential quality or character, as of the cosmos or one's own nature.
- Samanid
-
noun,
a member of the rulers of Persia in the 9th and 10th centuries.
- samaras
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- Samaria
-
noun,
a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
- Samhain
-
noun,
a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.
- darshan
-
noun,
a preacher or teacher of Aggadah or Halakhah in a synagogue.
- samsara
-
noun,
Buddhism. the process of coming into existence as a differentiated, mortal creature.
Compare nirvana (def 1).
- dalasis
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- disarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- dahlias
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads.
- sandman
-
noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- sandhis
-
noun,
morphophonemic alternation, especially as determined by phonetic environment, as in dontcha for don't you.
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- dirhams
-
noun,
a money of account of Iraq, the 20th part of a dinar, equal to 50 fils.
- dacryon
-
noun,
the point of junction of the maxillary, lacrimal, and frontal bones.
- sandhya
-
noun,
a ritual of worship and meditation performed three times a day by Hindus of the higher castes.
- diorama
-
noun,
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- Monilia
-
noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- dynamo-
-
- Salinas
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- daimyos
-
noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- daimons
-
noun,
daemon.
- Dinaric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- Morandi
-
noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- daysman
-
noun,
an umpire; mediator.
- dynamos
-
noun,
an electric generator, especially for direct current.
- Monacan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Monaco.
- accords
-
noun,
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
- Admiral
-
noun,
the commander in chief of a fleet.
- Cochran
-
noun,
Jacqueline, 1910?–80, U.S. aviator.
- ha-Nasi
-
noun,
Judah, Judah ha-Nasi.
- scandal
-
noun,
a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- cochair
-
noun,
a cochairperson.
- acrylic
-
noun,
acrylic fiber.
- Acrilan
-
- cochins
-
noun,
one of an Asian breed of chickens, resembling the Brahma but slightly smaller.
- Hamadan
-
noun,
a city in W Iran.
- handcar
-
noun,
a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- Mochica
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru from the 3rd century b.c. to the 7th century a.d. and is especially noted for fine pottery vessels with stirrup spouts, some bearing drawings of all aspects of cultural life.
- codicil
-
noun,
a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- haloids
-
noun,
a haloid salt or derivative from a halogen.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- halidom
-
noun,
a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- mochila
-
noun,
a flap of leather on the seat of a saddle, used as a covering and sometimes as a base to which saddlebags are attached.
- Scandia
-
noun,
scandium oxide.
- handily
-
adverb,
skillfully; dexterously; expertly:
- Halcyon
-
noun,
a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher, said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea, and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness.
- hardily
-
adverb,
in a hardy manner:
- myricas
-
noun,
the bark of the wax myrtle.
- Harmony
-
noun,
agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
- schrods
-
noun,
scrod.
- Haryana
-
noun,
a state in NW India, formed in 1966 from the S part of Punjab. 17,074 sq. mi. (44,222 sq. km). Capital: (shared with Punjab) Chandigarh.
- hariana
-
noun,
Haryana.
- misdial
-
noun,
an act or instance of misdialing.
- schorls
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a black tourmaline.
- scholia
-
noun,
Often, scholia.
an explanatory note or comment.
an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- acronym
-
noun,
a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- scholar
-
noun,
a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- hansoms
-
noun,
a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
- Hansard
-
noun,
the official verbatim published reports of the debates and proceedings in the British Parliament.
- mislays
-
verb (used with object),
to lose temporarily; misplace:
- mission
-
noun,
a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
- Narmada
-
noun,
a river flowing W from central India to the Arabian Sea. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- scandic
-
adjective,
of or relating to scandium:
- halyard
-
noun,
any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
- hairdos
-
noun,
the style in which a person's hair is cut, arranged, and worn; coiffure.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- donnish
-
adjective,
resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic.
- conidia
-
noun,
(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
- dormins
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- doryman
-
noun,
a person who uses a dory, especially a person who engages in fishing, lobstering, etc.
- cordial
-
noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- acholia
-
noun,
lack of a secretion of bile.
- drachma
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.
- achylia
-
- Corliss
-
noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- sardana
-
noun,
a dance of the region of Catalonia, Spain, in which the dancers form a moving circle.
- Molniya
-
noun,
one of a series of Soviet communications satellites.
- Cornish
-
noun,
the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
- soldans
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- nanisms
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- dorsals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- Colchis
-
noun,
an ancient country in Asia, S of the Caucasus and bordering on the Black Sea: the land of the Golden Fleece and of Medea in Greek mythology.
- narcoma
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- sashimi
-
noun,
raw fish cut into very thin slices.
- hadrons
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- colicin
-
noun,
any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
- Hadrian
-
noun,
(Publius Aelius Hadrianus) a.d. 76–138, Roman emperor 117–138.
- hadarim
-
noun,
plural of heder.
- Rossiya
-
noun,
Russian name of Russia.
- Rossini
-
noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- colmars
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- drachms
-
noun,
a dram in apothecaries' and troy weights, and sometimes in avoirdupois weights.
- mohairs
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- Mohican
-
noun,
Mahican.
- Saroyan
-
noun,
William, 1908–81, U.S. dramatist, short-story writer, and novelist.
- drayman
-
noun,
a person who drives a dray.
- comical
-
adjective,
producing laughter; amusing; funny:
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- acyloin
-
noun,
a hydroxy ketone of the general formula RCOCHOHR, where R is an element or group.
- Iranian
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- Layamon
-
noun,
flourished c1200, English poet and chronicler.
- Marsyas
-
noun,
a satyr who lost in a flute-playing competition with Apollo and was flayed alive as a penalty.
- Larissa
-
noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- onychia
-
noun,
inflammation of the matrix of the nail.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- caimans
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- caymans
-
noun,
caiman.
- oralism
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- lascars
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- lardons
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Lychnis
-
noun,
any showy-flowered plant belonging to the genus Lychnis, of the pink family.
- caisson
-
noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- orchils
-
noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- manilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- calando
-
adverb,
in a slower, softer manner.
- calcars
-
noun,
a spur or spurlike process.
- laniary
-
noun,
a laniary tooth; a canine of daggerlike shape.
- Ananias
-
noun,
a man who was struck dead for lying. Acts. 5:1–5.
- lycosid
-
noun,
a spider of the family Lycosidae, comprising the wolf spiders.
- mannish
-
adjective,
being typical or suggestive of a man rather than a woman:
- Lyndora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lyrisms
-
noun,
lyricism.
- Assyria
-
noun,
an ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from about 750 to 612 b.c. Capital: Nineveh.
- anarchs
-
noun,
anarchist.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- syconia
-
noun,
a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
- Lindsay
-
noun,
Howard, 1889–1968, U.S. playwright, producer, and actor.
- Linaria
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- shorans
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- sialids
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- anarchy
-
noun,
a state of society without government or law.
- limacon
-
noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- cacodyl
-
noun,
an oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid compound composed of two cacodyl groups, (CH 3) 2 As−As(CH 3) 2 , that has a vile, garliclike odor and that undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.
- caconym
-
noun,
a name, especially a taxonomic name, that is considered linguistically undesirable.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- caldron
-
noun,
cauldron.
- calicos
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- anchors
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- canchas
-
noun,
a court for playing jai alai.
Compare frontis, rebote (def 1).
- laminar
-
adjective,
composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- Maranon
-
noun,
a river in Peru, flowing N and then E, joining the Ucayali to form the Amazon. 1000 miles (1600 km) long.
- amyloid
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a waxy, translucent substance, composed primarily of protein fibers, that is deposited in various organs of animals in certain diseases.
- marasca
-
noun,
a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- canards
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- cancans
-
noun,
a lively high kicking dance that came into vogue about 1830 in Paris and after 1844 was used as an exhibition dance.
- cancion
-
noun,
song.
- maracas
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- amidols
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline powder, C 6 H 8 N 2 O⋅2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
- laicism
-
noun,
the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- Ormandy
-
noun,
Eugene, 1899–1985, U.S. conductor and violinist, born in Hungary.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- amidins
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- Ladinos
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- laminas
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- ordinal
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- Calydon
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Greece, in Aetolia.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- Mansard
-
noun,
Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part.
Compare French roof.
- synodic
-
adjective,
Astronomy. pertaining to a conjunction, or to two successive conjunctions of the same bodies.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- lanyard
-
noun,
Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- laniard
-
noun,
lanyard.
- caloric
-
noun,
heat.
- Maracay
-
noun,
a city in NE Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- Camacho
-
noun,
Manuel Ávila [mah-nwel ah-vee-lah] /mɑˈnwɛl ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA). Manuel Avila Camacho.
- camails
-
noun,
aventail (def 1).
- landman
-
noun,
landsman1 (def 1).
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Landini
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), c1325–97, Italian organist and composer.
- asramas
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- asocial
-
adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- Marcian
-
noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- Mahican
-
noun,
a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley.
- nomarch
-
noun,
the governor of a nome or a nomarchy.
- Archaic
-
adjective,
marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated:
- malonic
-
adjective,
of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- Mahonia
-
noun,
any of various evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, including the Oregon grape.
- archils
-
noun,
orchil.
- archons
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- Malinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Symonds
-
noun,
John Addington [ad-ing-tuh n] /ˈæd ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, English poet, essayist, and critic.
- Mahalia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mahala.
- mananas
-
noun,
tomorrow; the (indefinite) future.
- Madonna
-
noun,
the Virgin Mary (usually preceded by the).
- similar
-
adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- simians
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- malison
-
noun,
a curse.
- Arcadia
-
noun,
a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people.
- Madalyn
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- Malayan
-
adjective, noun,
Malay.
- malaco-
-
- malacia
-
noun,
softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- Malachi
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 5th century b.c.
- Malacca
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula: formerly a part of the British Straits Settlements and of the Federation of Malaya. 640 sq. mi. (1658 sq. km).
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- anomaly
-
noun,
a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
- nomadic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- malayo-
-
- Aramaic
-
noun,
Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 b.c.–a.d. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine.
Compare Biblical Aramaic.
- malaria
-
noun,
Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- aramids
-
noun,
any of a class of synthetic aromatic long-chain polyamides capable of extrusion into fibers having resistance to high temperatures and great strength.
- Arandas
-
noun,
a member of an Australian aboriginal people living in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
- Maynard
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Madison
-
noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- nominal
-
noun,
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
- Sidrahs
-
noun,
a Parashah chanted or read on the Sabbath.
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- normals
-
adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- silicon
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- silicas
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- Andaman
-
noun,
Andamanese (def 1).
- ashcans
-
noun,
a large metal barrel, can, or similar receptacle for ashes, garbage, or refuse.
- Ashland
-
noun,
a city in NE Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- ashlars
-
noun,
Masonry.
a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints.
such stones collectively.
masonry made of them.
- norland
-
noun,
northland.
- ashrams
-
noun,
a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
- mandola
-
noun,
an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
- loiasis
-
noun,
infestation with the parasitic eye worm, Loa loa, of the subcutaneous tissues and orbit: endemic in West Africa.
- oarsman
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- anconas
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- Ascidia
-
noun,
a baglike or pitcherlike part.
- man-day
-
noun,
a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- mandala
-
noun,
Oriental Art. a schematized representation of the cosmos, chiefly characterized by a concentric configuration of geometric shapes, each of which contains an image of a deity or an attribute of a deity.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- armadas
-
noun,
Also called Invincible Armada, Spanish Armada. the fleet sent against England by Philip II of Spain in 1588. It was defeated by the English navy and later dispersed and wrecked by storms.
- armload
-
noun,
Chiefly Midland U.S. armful (def 1).
- syncoms
-
noun,
one of a series of experimental communications satellites that were the first to be placed in geostationary orbit.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Machaon
-
noun,
a son of Asclepius who was famed as a healer and who served as physician of the Greeks in the Trojan War.
- macaron
-
noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- mandyas
-
noun,
a short, black cloak worn by monks.
- macacos
-
noun,
any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
- arshins
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- noncash
-
adjective,
of or constituting financial sources other than cash:
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- ascarid
-
noun,
any nematode of the family Ascaridae; roundworm.
- Andrias
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Ascaris
-
noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- cannoli
-
plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- almonry
-
noun,
the place where an almoner resides or where alms are distributed.
- marlins
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- radians
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- cascara
-
noun,
a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., having finely toothed leaves and flowers in umbels and yielding cascara sagrada.
- Marsala
-
noun,
a seaport in W Sicily.
- Amharic
-
noun,
the Semitic language that is the official language of Ethiopia.
- casinos
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- carcass
-
noun,
the dead body of an animal.
- cassina
-
noun,
dahoon.
- cardiac
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a cardiac remedy.
- Osmanli
-
noun,
an Ottoman.
- Cassini
-
noun,
Oleg [oh-leg] /ˈoʊ lɛg/ (Show IPA), (Oleg Cassini-Loiewski) 1913–2006, U.S. fashion designer and businessman, born in France.
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Cassino
-
noun,
casino (def 3).
- Marshal
-
noun,
a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies.
Compare field marshal.
- caracol
-
noun, verb (used without object),
caracole.
- radical
-
noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- Almohad
-
noun,
a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries.
- radials
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- Isadora
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Isidor.
- almirah
-
noun,
Indian English. a wardrobe, cabinet, or cupboard.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Carioca
-
noun,
a modification of the samba.
- Amyclas
-
noun,
a son of Lacedaemon and Sparta.
- islands
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- carload
-
noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- isoamyl
-
adjective,
containing the isoamyl group; isopentyl.
- racisms
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- cardias
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- cariama
-
noun,
seriema.
- Isidora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- syrians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- cardio-
-
- Marisol
-
noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- Marilyn
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Carolyn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Maryann
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Caracas
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part.
- Amasias
-
noun,
Amaziah.
- caracal
-
noun,
a slender, catlike mammal, Lynx caracal, with a reddish-brown coat and long tufted ears, inhabiting northern Africa and India.
- almanac
-
noun,
an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics.
- lacinia
-
noun,
Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- chacmas
-
noun,
a large, brownish-gray baboon, Papio ursinus, of southern Africa.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- Laconic
-
adjective,
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
- shamoys
-
noun,
chamois (defs 2–4, 6, 7).
- canonry
-
noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- Canossa
-
noun,
a ruined castle in N Italy: scene of the penance of Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.
- Mandan
-
noun,
a member of a Siouan people of North Dakota.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- niyama
-
noun,
one of five observances, composing one of the eight practices, or angas, which are cleanliness of mind and body, equanimity, temperance or tapas, self-appraisal, and attentiveness to God, who is conceived of as a completely free spirit.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- say-so
-
noun,
one's personal statement or assertion.
- Ischys
-
noun,
a youth who was slain after committing an act of infidelity with Coronis, the beloved of Apollo.
- nidana
-
noun,
any of 12 aspects of Samsara, or the cycle of birth and death, often compared to 12 spokes of a wheel.
- Dharma
-
noun,
essential quality or character, as of the cosmos or one's own nature.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- macaco
-
noun,
any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- indic.
-
- nylons
-
noun,
any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
- dolmas
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Nimrod
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- Ischia
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- MAArch
-
- nonary
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- dharna
-
noun,
(in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- March.
-
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- dolman
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- myasis
-
noun,
myiasis.
- dossal
-
noun,
Also, dorsal. an ornamental hanging placed at the back of an altar or at the sides of the chancel.
- dashis
-
noun,
a clear fish and kelp broth, used in Japanese cookery.
- lysins
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- dorsal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- narco-
-
- Lysias
-
noun,
c450–c380 b.c, Athenian orator.
- dorsi-
-
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- dossil
-
noun,
a cloth roll for removing excess ink from a plate before printing.
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- drachm
-
noun,
a dram in apothecaries' and troy weights, and sometimes in avoirdupois weights.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- malady
-
noun,
any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- lyrism
-
noun,
lyricism.
- lyrics
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- dormin
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- occas.
-
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Indian
-
noun,
Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- dhaman
-
noun,
a large, harmless, colubrid snake, Ptyas mucosus, of southern Asia, the skin of which is used in making shoes, purses, and other items.
- Malaya
-
noun,
Malay Peninsula.
- Samara
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- sadism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others.
Compare masochism.
- radish
-
noun,
the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- Sahara
-
noun,
a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- Inchon
-
noun,
a seaport in W South Korea.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Lochia
-
noun,
the liquid discharge from the uterus after childbirth.
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- Salaam
-
noun,
a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- inlays
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- manada
-
noun,
a herd of horses.
- monish
-
verb (used with object),
to admonish.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- malays
-
noun,
a member of the Malay people.
- Malory
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1400–71, English author.
- Rahman
-
noun,
Prince Abdul [ahb-dool] /ˈɑb dul/ (Show IPA), 1903–90, Malayan political leader: prime minister of Malaya 1957–63; premier of Malaysia 1963–70.
- Namhoi
-
noun,
Nanhai.
- mainly
-
adverb,
chiefly; principally; for the most part; in the main; to the greatest extent:
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dirham
-
noun,
a money of account of Iraq, the 20th part of a dinar, equal to 50 fils.
- Marsha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Manado
-
noun,
Menado.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- MSArch
-
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- mayans
-
noun,
a member of the Mayan tribe.
- Salish
-
noun,
a member of any of various North American Indian peoples speaking a Salishan language.
- MSCons
-
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- irido-
-
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- salmis
-
noun,
salmi.
- malars
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- rayahs
-
noun,
a Christian subject of an Ottoman ruler.
- maidan
-
noun,
an open area or space in or near a town, often used as a marketplace or parade ground.
- Nanhai
-
noun,
former name of Foshan.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- morays
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- Mornay
-
noun,
Also called Duplessis-Mornay. Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), Seigneur du Plessis-Marly [se-nyœr dy ple-see-mar-lee] /sɛˈnyœr dü plɛ si marˈli/ (Show IPA), ("Pope of the Huguenots") 1549–1623, French statesman and Protestant leader.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dicho-
-
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- Isaiah
-
noun,
Also called Isaiah of Jerusalem. a Major Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- macro-
-
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- nachos
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- Salado
-
noun,
Rí·o [ree-oh;; Spanish ree-aw] /ˈri oʊ;; Spanish ˈri ɔ/ (Show IPA) a river in N Argentina, flowing SE to the Paraná River. About 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- salary
-
noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- inland
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- radio-
-
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Machos
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- marshy
-
adjective,
like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy.
- McCloy
-
noun,
John Jay, 1895–1989, U.S. lawyer, banker, and government official.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Madian
-
noun,
Midian.
- Manala
-
noun,
Tuonela.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- manana
-
noun,
tomorrow; the (indefinite) future.
- disco-
-
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- discos
-
noun,
discotheque.
- Mahdis
-
noun,
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
- Monday
-
noun,
the second day of the week, following Sunday.
- Mahala
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Michal
-
noun,
a daughter of Saul, who became the wife of David. I Sam. 14:49; 18:27.
- dismay
-
noun,
sudden or complete loss of courage; utter disheartenment.
- Madras
-
noun,
a light cotton fabric of various weaves, especially one in multicolored plaid or stripes, used for shirts, dresses, jackets, etc.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- dismal
-
noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- Madlyn
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- hydros
-
noun,
Informal. hydroelectric power.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- hydras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads.
- hydric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing hydrogen.
- hydro-
-
- maraca
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- hydroa
-
noun,
any skin condition characterized by red vesicular areas.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- Minnis
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Hilary
-
noun,
Hilarius, Saint.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- minish
-
verb (used with or without object),
to diminish or lessen.
- hymnal
-
noun,
Also called hymnbook [him-boo k] /ˈhɪmˌbʊk/ (Show IPA). a book of hymns for use in a religious service.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- minion
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- royals
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- myosis
-
noun,
miosis.
- myria-
-
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- idiocy
-
noun,
utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.:
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Hassam
-
noun,
(Frederick) Childe [chahyld] /tʃaɪld/ (Show IPA), 1859–1935, U.S. painter and etcher.
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Hassan
-
noun,
Hasan.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- Landry
-
noun,
Thomas Wade ("Tom") 1924–2000, U.S. football player and coach.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- Landon
-
noun,
Alfred ("Alf") Mossman [maws-muh n,, mos-] /ˈmɔs mən,, ˈmɒs-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1987, U.S. politician.
- myosin
-
noun,
the principal contractile protein of muscle.
- Romany
-
noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- hyalo-
-
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- Yasmin
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “jasmine.”.
- idioms
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- Yanina
-
noun,
Ioannina.
- honans
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Henan.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- hondas
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- Riyadh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Saudi Arabia.
- Layard
-
noun,
Sir Austen Henry [aw-stuh n] /ˈɔ stən/ (Show IPA), 1817–94, English archaeologist, writer, and diplomat.
- lahars
-
noun,
a landslide of wet volcanic debris on the side of a volcano.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- milady
-
noun,
an English noblewoman (often used as a term of address).
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- riyals
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- Riccio
-
noun,
David [Italian dah-veed] /Italian ˈdɑ vid/ (Show IPA), Rizzio.
- Rhonda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- rhodic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhodium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- rhino-
-
- Yamani
-
noun,
Sheik Ahmed Zaki [ahkh-med zak-ee] /ˈɑx mɛd ˈzæk i/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Saudi Arabian government official: minister of petroleum and natural resources 1962–86.
- rhinal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nose; nasal.
- milord
-
noun,
an English nobleman or gentleman (usually used as a term of address).
- Minyas
-
noun,
a king of Orchomenus, famed for his wealth.
- holism
-
noun,
Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts.
Compare organicism (def 1).
- lamias
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- hyoids
-
noun,
the hyoid bone.
- Minyan
-
noun,
the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present to conduct a communal religious service, traditionally a minimum of 10 Jewish males over 13 years of age.
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- hysons
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- hoards
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- hodman
-
noun,
hod carrier.
- rishis
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- Orlich
-
noun,
Francisco J [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–69, Costa Rican engineer and statesman: president 1962–66.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Holman
-
noun,
Nathan ("Nat") 1896–1995, U.S. basketball player and coach.
- holmic
-
adjective,
of or containing the element holmium.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- homily
-
noun,
a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
- nyalas
-
noun,
an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, of southeastern Africa, the male of which has a grayish body marked with white stripes.
- Layman
-
noun,
a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- Hominy
-
noun,
whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- Midian
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. 25:1–4.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- myriad
-
noun,
a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Omahas
-
noun,
a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
- rosily
-
adverb,
with a rosy color.
- Michol
-
noun,
Michal.
- mycol.
-
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Lydian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lydia.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- haloid
-
noun,
a haloid salt or derivative from a halogen.
- Ramsay
-
noun,
Allan, 1686–1758, Scottish poet.
- Hainan
-
noun,
Pinyin, Wade-Giles. an island in the South China Sea, separated from the mainland by the Hainan Strait: a part of Guangdong province. 13,200 sq. mi. (34,200 sq. km).
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Lycian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lycia.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- hamals
-
noun,
(in some Muslim countries) a porter.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Hamlin
-
noun,
Hannibal, 1809–91, U.S. political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1861–65.
- Ranchi
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- hairdo
-
noun,
the style in which a person's hair is cut, arranged, and worn; coiffure.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- micro-
-
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- sacro-
-
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- drossy
-
adjective,
containing dross.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- Oldham
-
noun,
a city in Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- linhay
-
noun,
a storage shed or other attachment to the back of a house.
- Ramada
-
noun,
an open shelter, often having a dome-shaped thatched roof, and installed especially on beaches and picnic grounds.
- Haidas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
- Lyndon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lindon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- modish
-
adjective,
in the current fashion; stylish.
- oldish
-
adjective,
somewhat old:
- hadron
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- rancho
-
noun,
a ranch.
- Harold
-
noun,
a male given name.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- harass
-
verb (used with object),
to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- mysids
-
noun,
any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, especially of the genus Mysis.
- Hardin
-
noun,
John Wesley, 1853–95, U.S. outlaw in the West.
- hardly
-
adverb,
only just; almost not; barely:
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Mannar
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, bounded by W Sri Lanka, the chain of shoals that comprise Adam's Bridge, and S India.
- manini
-
adjective,
small; insignificant.
- mannas
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- Harlan
-
noun,
John Marshall, 1833–1911, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1877–1911.
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Manoah
-
noun,
the father of Samson. Judges 13.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Myrica
-
noun,
the bark of the wax myrtle.
- midair
-
noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- mislay
-
verb (used with object),
to lose temporarily; misplace:
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Lashio
-
noun,
a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- mochas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- ihrams
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- orchid
-
noun,
any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers.
Compare orchid family.
- randan
-
noun,
a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- orchil
-
noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- Hanson
-
noun,
Duane, 1925–1996, U.S. artist and sculptor.
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- missal
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- missay
-
verb (used with object),
to say or speak ill of; vilify; slander.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- hansas
-
noun,
a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- hansom
-
noun,
a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- camoca
-
noun,
camaca.
- ascoma
-
noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- almahs
-
noun,
(in Egypt) a woman or girl who dances or sings professionally.
- Ascham
-
noun,
Roger, 1515–68, English scholar and writer: tutor of Queen Elizabeth I.
- clado-
-
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- claims
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- Alyson
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- shamas
-
noun,
a slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly.
- clamor
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- Clancy
-
noun,
Tom, 1947–2013, U.S. novelist.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- aliyah
-
noun,
the act of proceeding to the reading table in a synagogue for the reading of a portion from the Torah.
- ciscos
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- Alicia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- class.
-
- classy
-
adjective,
of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- chador
-
noun,
the traditional garment of Muslim and Hindu women, consisting of a long, usually black or drab-colored cloth or veil that envelops the body from head to foot and covers all or part of the face.
- Clichy
-
noun,
an industrial suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine.
- clinch
-
noun,
the act of clinching.
- clinic
-
noun,
a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge.
- chains
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- Almond
-
noun,
the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- clino-
-
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- Syrian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- Cymric
-
noun,
Welsh (def 3).
- C-in-C
-
- Amarna
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
- Amanda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “beloved.”.
- Chamos
-
noun,
Chemosh.
- Amalia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- shaman
-
noun,
(especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- arshin
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- cynics
-
noun,
a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- scorch
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Amadis
-
noun,
a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- amadan
-
noun,
fool1 .
- scolds
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alohas
-
adjective,
friendly; hospitable; welcoming:
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- alodia
-
noun,
allodium.
- clinid
-
noun,
any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- clysis
-
noun,
the administration of an enema.
- Amhara
-
noun,
a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Capital: Gondar.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Chino-
-
- ashram
-
noun,
a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
- Cochin
-
noun,
one of an Asian breed of chickens, resembling the Brahma but slightly smaller.
- alamos
-
noun,
a poplar.
- Casals
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
- shards
-
noun,
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- slimsy
-
adjective,
flimsy; frail.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- airily
-
adverb,
in a lively or breezy manner; jauntily.
- scalds
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- sloids
-
noun,
sloyd.
- sloyds
-
noun,
a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- sloshy
-
adjective,
of or relating to slosh; slushy.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Sidras
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Coanda
-
noun,
Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- Ashman
-
noun,
a person who collects and disposes of ashes, garbage, and refuse.
- schrod
-
noun,
scrod.
- schism
-
noun,
division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
- cloaca
-
noun,
Zoology.
the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals.
a similar cavity in invertebrates.
- Chadic
-
noun,
a branch of the Afroasiatic family of languages, of which Hausa is the most widely spoken representative.
- schorl
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a black tourmaline.
- shamoy
-
noun,
chamois (defs 2–4, 6, 7).
- clonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- asdics
-
noun,
sonar.
- chacma
-
noun,
a large, brownish-gray baboon, Papio ursinus, of southern Africa.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- ashcan
-
noun,
a large metal barrel, can, or similar receptacle for ashes, garbage, or refuse.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- ashlar
-
noun,
Masonry.
a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints.
such stones collectively.
masonry made of them.
- alcaid
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- Shandy
-
noun,
a mixture of beer and lemonade.
- Alcaic
-
noun,
Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes.
- Shanna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- shanny
-
noun,
a scaleless blenny, Blennius pholis, living in waters along the coast of Europe, having an olive-green body marked with dark spots.
- Shansi
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Shanxi.
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Sharas
-
noun,
Sharra.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- chancy
-
adjective,
uncertain, hazardous, or risky.
- Carnac
-
noun,
a commune in SW Morbihan, in NW France, SE of Lorient: megalithic monuments. 3681.
- chrism
-
noun,
a consecrated oil, usually mixed with balsam or balsam and spices, used by certainchurches in various rites, as in baptism, confirmation, and the like.
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- archi-
-
- aniso-
-
- archil
-
noun,
orchil.
- chicos
-
noun,
greasewood (def 1).
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- chrys-
-
- archly
-
adverb,
in an arch or roguish manner.
- archon
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- chrom-
-
- chori-
-
- simony
-
noun,
the making of profit out of sacred things.
- chroma
-
noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- chromy
-
adjective,
decorated with or abounding in chrome:
- Syncom
-
noun,
one of a series of experimental communications satellites that were the first to be placed in geostationary orbit.
- anicca
-
noun,
the cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death through which every living thing must pass.
- Chron.
-
- scrods
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- andro-
-
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- choric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or written for a chorus.
- choral
-
noun,
chorale.
- Chiayi
-
noun,
Chiai.
- chlor-
-
- chinas
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Chinan
-
noun,
Jinan.
- Aralia
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.
- Chirac
-
noun,
Jacques (René) born 1932, prime minister of France 1974–76, 1986–88; president 1995–2007.
- chiral
-
adjective,
(of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.
- chiro-
-
- Chiron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- aramid
-
noun,
any of a class of synthetic aromatic long-chain polyamides capable of extrusion into fibers having resistance to high temperatures and great strength.
- Aranda
-
noun,
a member of an Australian aboriginal people living in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
- chimar
-
noun,
chimere.
- annoys
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- Chilon
-
noun,
flourished 556 b.c, Greek sage and ephor at Sparta.
- Aranha
-
noun,
Oswaldo [aws-wahl-daw] /ɔsˈwɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1960, Brazilian politician.
- chylo-
-
- Anshan
-
noun,
a city in E Liaoning province, in NE China.
- Symons
-
noun,
Arthur, 1865–1945, English poet and critic, born in Wales.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- anonym
-
noun,
an assumed or false name.
- chilo-
-
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- Arcady
-
noun,
Arcadia.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Shalom
-
interjection,
peace (used as a word of greeting or farewell).
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- charco
-
noun,
a water hole, pool, or puddle.
- Armand
-
noun,
a male given name, French form of Herman.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- amnios
-
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- synods
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- chards
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- amino-
-
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- amylo-
-
- cyclos
-
noun,
a three-wheeled pedaled or motorized taxi in southeast Asia; rickshaw.
- amylic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characterized by the amyl group.
- charas
-
noun,
hashish.
- cymars
-
noun,
simar (def 1).
- Amidol
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline powder, C 6 H 8 N 2 O⋅2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
- amido-
-
- amidin
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- Amidah
-
noun,
a liturgical prayer that is recited in standing position at each of the three daily services and consists of three opening blessings, three closing blessings, and one intermediate blessing on the Sabbath and holy days and 13 intermediate blessings on other days.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- cymoid
-
adjective,
resembling a cyma.
- Chaoan
-
noun,
former name of Chaozhou.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- cyclo-
-
- cyanic
-
adjective,
blue: applied especially to a series of colors in flowers, including the blues and colors tending toward blue.
- Anadyr
-
noun,
a river in NE Siberian Russia, flowing SW and E to Anadyr Bay, on the Bering Sea. 695 miles (1118 km) long.
- aryans
-
noun,
Ethnology. a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- cyano-
-
- Sindhi
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Sind.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- anchor
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- Ciardi
-
noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- syndic
-
noun,
a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university.
- anarch
-
noun,
anarchist.
- Ananda
-
noun,
perfect bliss.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- cyclas
-
noun,
a tunic or surcoat, longer in back than in front, worn over armor in the Middle Ages.
- Chasid
-
noun,
Hasid.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- cicada
-
noun,
any large homopterous insect of the family Cicadidae, the male of which produces a shrill sound by means of vibrating membranes on the underside of the abdomen.
- Charon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- cycads
-
noun,
any gymnospermous plant of the order Cycadales, intermediate in appearance between ferns and the palms, many species having a thick, unbranched, columnar trunk bearing a crown of large, leathery, pinnate leaves.
- cicala
-
noun,
cicada.
- amoral
-
adjective,
not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- charms
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- Armada
-
noun,
Also called Invincible Armada, Spanish Armada. the fleet sent against England by Philip II of Spain in 1588. It was defeated by the English navy and later dispersed and wrecked by storms.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- smirch
-
noun,
a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- chinos
-
noun,
a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc.
- Colada
-
noun,
piña colada.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- crisis
-
noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- Canada
-
noun,
a dry riverbed.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Cronyn
-
noun,
Hume, 1911–2003, Canadian actor in the U.S.
- cross-
-
- Canad.
-
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- acoasm
-
noun,
acouasm.
- Canaan
-
noun,
the ancient region lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean: the land promised by God to Abraham. Gen. 12:5–10.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- acidic
-
adjective,
acid (def 5).
- Shinar
-
noun,
a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- shindy
-
noun,
a row; rumpus.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- dachas
-
noun,
a Russian country house or villa.
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- Sharia
-
noun,
law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
- Dacron
-
- cancha
-
noun,
a court for playing jai alai.
Compare frontis, rebote (def 1).
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- candys
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- Sicyon
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- crayon
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- Adamic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or suggestive of Adam.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- Adamas
-
noun,
Admah.
- sarco-
-
- cancan
-
noun,
a lively high kicking dance that came into vogue about 1830 in Paris and after 1844 was used as an exhibition dance.
- Sicily
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
- cranch
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
crunch.
- Canary
-
noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- cranny
-
noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Dahlia
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads.
- assoc.
-
- shoaly
-
adjective,
full of shoals or shallows.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- samosa
-
noun,
an Indian fried turnover filled with minced meat or vegetables and spices:
- calcar
-
noun,
a spur or spurlike process.
- calash
-
noun,
Also, calèche. a light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and having two or four wheels, a seat for a driver on a splashboard, and sometimes a folding top.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- Calama
-
noun,
a city in N Chile.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- damars
-
noun,
dammar.
- Danish
-
noun,
a North Germanic language, the language of Denmark, closely related to Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- cayman
-
noun,
caiman.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- calci-
-
- sandhi
-
noun,
morphophonemic alternation, especially as determined by phonetic environment, as in dontcha for don't you.
- dalasi
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- camass
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- camail
-
noun,
aventail (def 1).
- camaca
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of silk or mixed fibers, much used in the Middle Ages.
- daimyo
-
noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- accord
-
noun,
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- shinny
-
noun,
a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- Acadia
-
noun,
a former French colony in SE Canada: ceded to Great Britain 1713.
- somni-
-
- solids
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- Acacia
-
noun,
a small tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, having clusters of small yellow flowers.
- calory
-
noun,
calorie.
- cacaos
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- damans
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- calico
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Canara
-
noun,
Kanara.
- aidman
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- Comdr.
-
- Ahmadi
-
noun,
a member of the Ahmadiya.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- aholds
-
noun,
Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of):
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Sidrah
-
noun,
a Parashah chanted or read on the Sabbath.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- Colmar
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- Asmara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- Carcas
-
noun,
one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- ahimsa
-
noun,
the principle of noninjury to living beings.
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- conchs
-
noun,
the spiral shell of a gastropod, often used as a horn.
- conchy
-
noun,
conscientious objector.
- Concha
-
noun,
Anatomy.
a shell-like structure, especially the external ear.
any turbinate bone, especially in the nose.
- conch-
-
- caryo-
-
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- snarly
-
adjective,
apt to snarl; easily irritated.
- Sardis
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- asrama
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- admass
-
noun,
high-pressure marketing in which mass-media advertising is used to reach large numbers of people.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- sashay
-
verb (used without object),
to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly:
- Colima
-
noun,
a state in SW Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. 2010 sq. mi. (5205 sq. km).
- Corday
-
noun,
Charlotte (Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont) 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
- Assyr.
-
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Smyrna
-
noun,
former name of Izmir.
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- comals
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Aymara
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living in the mountainous regions around Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.
- sarods
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- cardi-
-
- Canyon
-
noun,
a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- mahal
-
noun,
a palace or mansion.
See also Taj Mahal.
- silds
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- cacao
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- caco-
-
- lysis
-
noun,
Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lyso-
-
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Mahdi
-
noun,
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Mahan
-
noun,
Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- Lydia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor.
- Aryan
-
noun,
Ethnology. a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- lm-hr
-
- loach
-
noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- sylis
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- lyard
-
adjective,
streaked or spotted with gray or white.
- shoal
-
noun,
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- Lhasa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tibet, in the SE part: sacred city of Lamaism. About 12,000 feet (3650 meters) above sea level.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- lochs
-
noun,
a lake.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- onlay
-
noun,
an overlay, especially one in relief.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- Mayan
-
noun,
a member of the Mayan tribe.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- archy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- Archd
-
- Arch.
-
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Mayas
-
noun,
the power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
- 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.
- Lycia
-
noun,
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- Cahan
-
noun,
Abraham ("Abe") 1860–1951, U.S. novelist and journalist, born in Russia.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- Oyama
-
noun,
Iwao [ee-wah-aw] /ˈi wɑˌɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1916, Japanese field marshal.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Lindy
-
noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Lynda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- lyric
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Macc.
-
- Lynch
-
noun,
John ("Jack") 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- mach.
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- asco-
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- machy
-
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- odyls
-
noun,
od.
- Lyman
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- assn.
-
- ca-ca
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- madly
-
adverb,
insanely or wildly:
- Assad
-
noun,
Hafez al [hah-fez el] /hɑˈfɛz ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1928?–2000, Syrian military and political leader: president from 1971.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- omni-
-
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Omaha
-
noun,
a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
- lossy
-
adjective,
(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- macho
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- machs
-
noun,
a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- assay
-
noun,
Metallurgy. determination of the amount of metal, especially gold or silver, in an ore, alloy, etc.
- nona-
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- misc.
-
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- ahold
-
noun,
Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of):
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- naso-
-
- Ahira
-
noun,
a Naphtalite who assisted Moses with the census in the wilderness. Num. 1:15; 2:29.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Adnah
-
noun,
a Manassite deserter from Saul's to David's army. I Chron. 12:20.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- Myrna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Myron
-
noun,
chrism.
- adman
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- Admah
-
noun,
one of the cities that was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah. Deut. 29:23.
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- Mysia
-
noun,
an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- mysid
-
noun,
any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, especially of the genus Mysis.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- miso-
-
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- Miss.
-
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Adana
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, on the Seyhan River.
- Adams
-
noun,
Abigail (Smith) 1744–1818, U.S. social and political figure (wife of John Adams).
- Missy
-
noun,
young miss; girl.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Minny
-
noun,
minnow.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- slosh
-
noun,
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- smash
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- Mylar
-
- milch
-
adjective,
(of a domestic animal) yielding milk; kept or suitable for milk production.
- Nyasa
-
noun,
former name of Malawi (def 2).
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- nyala
-
noun,
an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, of southeastern Africa, the male of which has a grayish body marked with white stripes.
- Minn.
-
- ayins
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- minah
-
noun,
myna.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mynas
-
noun,
any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- Minch
-
noun,
a sea channel between mainland Scotland and the Outer Hebrides islands. 25–45 miles (40–70 km) wide.
See also Little Minch.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Minho
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- mini-
-
- snash
-
noun,
insolence; impertinence.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- ayahs
-
noun,
(in India) a native maid or nurse.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Adama
-
noun,
Admah.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sloyd
-
noun,
a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- sonsy
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; robust.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- Nancy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- Moray
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Sonny
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- sords
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- mossy
-
adjective,
overgrown with or abounding in moss:
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- 30-30
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- AC/DC
-
adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Mocha
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- acro-
-
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- modal
-
noun,
modal auxiliary.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- acyls
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- moldy
-
adjective,
overgrown or covered with mold.
- molds
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Achan
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils. Josh. 7:19–26.
- Achad
-
noun,
Akkad.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- nano-
-
- ACCRA
-
noun,
the wood of a sapele.
- Accad
-
noun,
Akkad.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- nacho
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- andr-
-
- synd.
-
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- anal.
-
- sinhs
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- Amory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Manly
-
adverb,
Archaic. in a manly manner.
- manna
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- AMORC
-
- Manny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- Sino-
-
- anhyd
-
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- synod
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amin-
-
- amyls
-
noun,
an amyl group.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- amyl-
-
- Marcy
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in NE New York: highest peak of the Adirondack Mountains, 5344 feet (1629 meters).
- andry
-
- syncs
-
noun,
synchronization:
- amid-
-
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Mayon
-
noun,
an active volcano in the Philippines, on SE Luzon Island. 7926 feet (2415 meters).
- Mayor
-
noun,
the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mayos
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Malay
-
noun,
a member of the Malay people.
- anon.
-
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- mancy
-
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- annoy
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- Annam
-
noun,
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- anis-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anim.
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Amida
-
noun,
a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Nydia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- massy
-
adjective,
massive.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- McCoy
-
noun,
the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real):
- Alcor
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- slash
-
noun,
a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- M-day
-
noun,
mobilization day: a day assumed by the Department of Defense as the first day of mobilization, used by the military for planning purposes.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- nylon
-
noun,
any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
- Nihon
-
noun,
a Japanese name of Japan.
- Alas.
-
- slays
-
noun,
sley.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- alary
-
adjective,
of or relating to wings.
- Micah
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mich.
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- myco-
-
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- slimy
-
adjective,
of or like slime.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Aisha
-
noun,
a.d. 613?–678, favorite wife of Muhammad (daughter of Abu-Bekr).
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- mashy
-
noun,
mashie.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Marys
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- mardy
-
noun,
a grumpy mood; a sulk:
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Marya
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- Amasa
-
noun,
the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- amahs
-
noun,
a baby's nurse, especially a wet nurse.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Amado
-
noun,
Jorge [Portuguese zhawr-zhuh] /Portuguese ˈʒɔr ʒə/ (Show IPA), 1912–2001, Brazilian novelist.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Aloha
-
adjective,
friendly; hospitable; welcoming:
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- almah
-
noun,
(in Egypt) a woman or girl who dances or sings professionally.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- masc.
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- Holds
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- cymas
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- cracy
-
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- hoyas
-
noun,
any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- dolma
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- cymar
-
noun,
simar (def 1).
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- rynds
-
noun,
rind2 .
- Doisy
-
noun,
Edward Adelbert [ad-l-bert,, uh-del-] /ˈæd l bərt,, əˈdɛl-/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943.
- domal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a domal sound.
- doily
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Holms
-
noun,
a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cidal
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- cycl-
-
- Honan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Henan.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Hond.
-
- hinny
-
noun,
the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey.
Compare mule1 (defs 1, 2).
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- hylo-
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Hyman
-
noun,
a male given name.
- roily
-
adjective,
turbid; muddy.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Cynic
-
noun,
a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.
- Cindy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cynthia.
- Hind.
-
- Hindi
-
noun,
the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, especially its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
- hinds
-
noun,
Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- hoary
-
adjective,
gray or white with age:
- hyoid
-
noun,
the hyoid bone.
- cinch
-
noun,
a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- hyson
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- hissy
-
noun,
Slang. a fit of anger; temper tantrum.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- hoard
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- Cycas
-
noun,
any of several palmlike Old World tropical plants of the genus Cycas, some species of which are cultivated as ornamentals in warm climates.
- Honda
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- Hylas
-
noun,
a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- Sarah
-
noun,
the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Gen. 17:15–22.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- Sans.
-
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Yasna
-
noun,
a part of the Avesta including the Gathas and other liturgical texts.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- disc.
-
- chord
-
noun,
a feeling or emotion:
- Sandy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- choli
-
noun,
a short-sleeved blouse or bodice, often one exposing part of the midriff, worn by Hindu women in India.
- Yanan
-
noun,
a city in N Shaanxi province, in N central China: the headquarters of Chinese Communists 1937–47.
- Chola
-
noun,
a teenage girl who associates closely with a gang of cholos or is the girlfriend of a cholo.
- ician
-
- drays
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- yclad
-
verb,
past participle of clothe.
- chol-
-
- icons
-
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Idaho
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise.
Abbreviation: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rhin-
-
- dishy
-
adjective,
Chiefly British. very attractive; pretty or beautiful:
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- horny
-
adjective,
consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- cycad
-
noun,
any gymnospermous plant of the order Cycadales, intermediate in appearance between ferns and the palms, many species having a thick, unbranched, columnar trunk bearing a crown of large, leathery, pinnate leaves.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- rhod-
-
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- crim.
-
- cryo-
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- sarc-
-
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- cyan-
-
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Rhoda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Yamis
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- Hilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “maid of battle.”.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- shady
-
Idioms,
on the shady side of, Informal. beyond (the specified age); more than:
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Haydn
-
noun,
Franz Joseph [franz joh-zuh f,, -suh f,, frants;; German frahnts yoh-zef] /frænz ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf,, frænts;; German frɑnts ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1732–1809, Austrian composer.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- scads
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- hairy
-
adjective,
covered with hair; having much hair.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- halas
-
noun,
George Stanley, 1895–1983, U.S. football coach and team owner.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- scaly
-
adjective,
covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- Haida
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- halms
-
noun,
haulm.
- halo-
-
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Cohan
-
noun,
George M(ichael) 1878–1942, U.S. actor, playwright, and producer.
- halos
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Hamal
-
noun,
(in some Muslim countries) a porter.
- Scand
-
- Haman
-
noun,
a powerful prince at the court of Ahasuerus, who was hanged upon exposure of his plan to destroy the Jews of Persia. Esther 3–6.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Sachs
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.
- drama
-
noun,
a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Dryas
-
noun,
any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- drily
-
adverb,
dryly.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Comr.
-
- dross
-
noun,
waste matter; refuse.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Sasha
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sandra or Alexandra.
- saris
-
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.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- haars
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- hadal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the greatest ocean depths, below approximately 20,000 feet (6500 meters).
- Hadar
-
noun,
a first magnitude star in the constellation Centaurus.
- conc.
-
- Hadas
-
noun,
Moses, 1900–66, U.S. classical scholar, teacher, and author.
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- hyal-
-
- Sayao
-
noun,
Bidú [bee-doo;; Portuguese bih-doo] /ˈbi du;; Portuguese bɪˈdu/ (Show IPA), (Balduina de Oliveira Sayão) 1902–1999, Brazilian soprano.
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Hasan
-
noun,
(al-Hasan) a.d. 624?–669? Arabian caliph: son of Ali and Fatima (brother of Hussein).
- Hasid
-
noun,
a member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century by Baal Shem-Tov and characterized by its emphasis on mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy.
Compare Mitnagged.
- Clary
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- hards
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- hydr-
-
- Hydra
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads.
- Cissy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Cyril
-
noun,
Saint ("Apostle of the Slavs") a.d. 827–869, Greek missionary to the Moravians.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Conn.
-
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Handy
-
noun,
W(illiam) C(hristopher) 1873–1958, U.S. blues composer.
- coaly
-
adjective,
of, resembling, or containing coal.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- coach
-
noun,
a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Hands
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- Hanna
-
noun,
Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
- Hanno
-
noun,
Carthaginian statesman, fl. 3rd century b.c.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- Hansa
-
noun,
a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- cloys
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- Cons.
-
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Cmdr.
-
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- haoma
-
noun,
a leafless vine, Sarcostemma acidum, of eastern India, yielding a sour, milky juice.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- schmo
-
noun,
a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- haram
-
noun,
harem.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Hardy
-
noun,
a chisel or fuller with a square shank for insertion into a square hole (hardy hole) in a blacksmith's anvil.
- idio-
-
- icily
-
adverb,
in an icy manner:
- shads
-
noun,
a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- Card.
-
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- diam.
-
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- dial.
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- diary
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- shims
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- canny
-
adverb,
in a canny manner.
- dancy
-
adjective,
suitable for or conducive to dancing; danceable.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Damar
-
noun,
dammar.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- Shara
-
noun,
Sharra.
- Dylan
-
noun,
Bob (Robert Zimmerman) born 1941, U.S. folk-rock singer, guitarist, and composer.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- shard
-
noun,
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Damas
-
noun,
French name of Damascus.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Damia
-
noun,
a spirit of fertility.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Radha
-
noun,
the milkmaid who became the consort of Krishna.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- dich-
-
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- irid-
-
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- shins
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- calmy
-
adjective,
calm.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Lanny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lenny.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- calc-
-
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- Calah
-
noun,
Biblical name of Kalakh.
- lardy
-
adjective,
like or consisting of lard:
- shoad
-
noun,
float (def 43).
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- orch.
-
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- dashy
-
adjective,
showy; stylish; dashing.
- dashi
-
noun,
a clear fish and kelp broth, used in Japanese cookery.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- lahar
-
noun,
a landslide of wet volcanic debris on the side of a volcano.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Candy
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Danny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Daniel.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- canc.
-
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- shiny
-
adjective,
bright or glossy in appearance.
- orial
-
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- dhals
-
noun,
dal.
- ordn.
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Landy
-
noun,
John Michael, born 1930, Australian track athlete and political leader: governor of Victoria 2001–06.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- Chaco
-
noun,
a part of the Gran Chaco region in central South America, in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. About 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Shays
-
noun,
Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.
- Dayan
-
noun,
a judge in a Jewish religious court.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- incl.
-
- daily
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- chasm
-
noun,
a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
- Shama
-
noun,
a slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly.
- Iran.
-
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Indo-
-
- charm
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- chary
-
adjective,
cautious or careful; wary:
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- Chico
-
noun,
greasewood (def 1).
- chics
-
noun,
style and elegance, especially in dress:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Chin.
-
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- Dacca
-
noun,
Dhaka.
- idion
-
- Randy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- dacha
-
noun,
a Russian country house or villa.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- yirds
-
noun,
earth.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Dahna
-
noun,
an area in the NE Rubʿ al Khali desert, comprising a region of E central Saudi Arabia.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- ilio-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- chili
-
noun,
Also called chili pepper. the pungent pod of any of several species of Capsicum, especially C. annuum longum: used in cooking for its pungent flavor.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- Child
-
noun,
a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl:
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- dairy
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- insol
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Chald
-
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Dinah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Dina. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- chays
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- rayah
-
noun,
a Christian subject of an Ottoman ruler.
- Dalny
-
noun,
former Russian name of Dalian (def 2).
- Daman
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- chams
-
noun,
khan1 .
- dimin
-
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- chads
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- Chard
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- Chany
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in SW Siberia, in the W Russian Federation in Asia. About 1300 sq. mi. (3365 sq. km).
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Daisy
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- inlay
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- char-
-
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- NCAA
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Naha
-
noun,
a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- NASD
-
- Nah.
-
- Sam.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NADH
-
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- SScD
-
- NDAC
-
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saml
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- says
-
noun,
what a person says or has to say.
- Sol.
-
- Soni
-
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- soln
-
- SRAM
-
- NACA
-
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- RNAS
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- RADM
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Nor.
-
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- nos-
-
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- rad.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Shay
-
noun,
a chaise.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- syn-
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- sym.
-
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- nomy
-
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- non-
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCDM
-
- shad
-
noun,
a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- shr.
-
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- ord.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- shod
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- onym
-
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- shim
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- odyl
-
noun,
od.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- OSRD
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- OHMS
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- osis
-
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- oldy
-
noun,
oldie.
- sics
-
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).
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- scil
-
- NIMH
-
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- sci.
-
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- sch.
-
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- NIRA
-
- Rom.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sash
-
noun,
a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.
- 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.
- NDSL
-
- SMSA
-
- sld.
-
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- SLIC
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- 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.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- RdAc
-
- rcd.
-
- RCCh
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- Rida
-
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Syr.
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 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.
- rynd
-
noun,
rind2 .
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NOAA
-
- scr.
-
- rimy
-
adjective,
covered with rime.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- RIIA
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- 1080
-
- Dom.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- Cdr.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- CCls
-
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- ICSH
-
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- IMHO
-
- IMCO
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Cal.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- yird
-
noun,
earth.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- Can.
-
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Chad
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- YMCA
-
- cyl.
-
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- hom-
-
- homy
-
adjective,
homey1 .
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Hos.
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- chs.
-
- Chr.
-
- YMHA
-
- chay
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- Yami
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- Chal
-
- Cham
-
noun,
khan1 .
- Yana
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
- iana
-
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- yams
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- Yama
-
noun,
the Vedic god presiding over the underworld.
- Ind.
-
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Chic
-
noun,
style and elegance, especially in dress:
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- chm.
-
- chmn
-
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- Ymir
-
noun,
the earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, killed by Odin and his brothers. From his flesh the earth was made, from his blood the waters, and from his skull the heavens.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- holy
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- asc-
-
- ISSN
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- army
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lady
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Asha
-
noun,
the cosmic principle of order, justice, righteousness, and truth.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Lani
-
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Lam.
-
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- 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).
- Inc.
-
- yond
-
adverb, adjective,
yonder.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- Indy
-
noun,
Indianapolis, Ind.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- iod-
-
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- cac-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- asis
-
- iso-
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- isls
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- yrs.
-
- ASSR
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Holm
-
noun,
a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- dish
-
noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- dlr.
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- DMSO
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Cond
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Con.
-
- dis-
-
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- comd
-
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Doha
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the state of Qatar, on the Persian Gulf.
- coml
-
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dol.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- DOHC
-
- dys-
-
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- dhal
-
noun,
dal.
- dahs
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Daly
-
noun,
(John) Augustin [aw-guhs-tin] /ɔˈgʌs tɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–99, U.S. playwright, critic, and theatrical manager.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Danl
-
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dash
-
noun,
a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else:
- DCNL
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- dir.
-
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- dioc
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- Dyna
-
- Din.
-
- dia-
-
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dim.
-
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- Com.
-
- hold
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- cml.
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- cloy
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Hyla
-
noun,
a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- hymn
-
noun,
a song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation, etc.
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Hiss
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- HMAS
-
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- cir.
-
- HOLC
-
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- hol-
-
- Cyma
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Hoya
-
noun,
any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- hods
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- cis-
-
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Hoad
-
noun,
Lew(is Alan) 1934–94, Australian tennis player.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Hasa
-
noun,
a region in E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- drch
-
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- coly
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Cmon
-
- hal-
-
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- Hand
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Hama
-
noun,
a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- halm
-
noun,
haulm.
- Hays
-
noun,
Will (Harrison) 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
- coch
-
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- Haas
-
noun,
Mary Rosamond, 1910–96, U.S. linguist.
- haar
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- ashy
-
adjective,
ash-colored; pale; wan:
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- AInd
-
- ACAA
-
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- miry
-
adjective,
of the nature of mire; swampy:
- Myra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- acad
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- myo-
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- acc.
-
- aahs
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Myna
-
noun,
any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Mac-
-
- Macy
-
noun,
R(owland) H(ussey) [roh-luh nd huhs-ee] /ˈroʊ lənd ˈhʌs i/ (Show IPA), 1823–77, U.S. retail merchant.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- ACDA
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AAAS
-
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Aldm
-
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- mol.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Alco
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- mod.
-
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Ala.
-
- AISI
-
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- AAAL
-
- lond
-
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Lory
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- MNAS
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- achy
-
adjective,
having or causing an aching sensation:
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mary
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- MILR
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- ACLS
-
- mil.
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- midn
-
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Mid.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- myc-
-
- Adm.
-
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- Mic.
-
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Adam
-
noun,
the name of the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
- Adah
-
noun,
one of the two wives of Lamech. Gen. 4:19.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- ahoy
-
interjection,
(used as a call to hail another ship, attract attention, etc.)
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- MALS
-
- Maya
-
noun,
the power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mays
-
noun,
Willie (Howard) born 1931, U.S. baseball player.
- mal-
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- MALD
-
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- min.
-
- Mar.
-
- ayah
-
noun,
(in India) a native maid or nurse.
- AHSA
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Alis
-
- Ald.
-
- acr-
-
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- limy
-
adjective,
consisting of, containing, or like lime.
- MSSc
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lin.
-
- ancy
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Lynd
-
noun,
Robert Staughton [stawt-n] /ˈstɔt n/ (Show IPA), 1892–1970, and his wife Helen (Merrell) [mer-uh l] /ˈmɛr əl/ (Show IPA) 1896–1982, U.S. sociologists.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Andy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- MSHA
-
- Anas
-
- Lynn
-
noun,
Janet (Janet Lynn Nowicki) born 1953, U.S. figure skater.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- MScD
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- ANSI
-
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- 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.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ands
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ano-
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- ann.
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- lych
-
noun,
British Obsolete. lich.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- lys-
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Amal
-
- amah
-
noun,
a baby's nurse, especially a wet nurse.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- mony
-
adjective, noun,
many.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Mon.
-
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Loch
-
noun,
a lake.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- moly
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- mold
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- AMLS
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- CNS
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- DCL
-
- AAA
-
- ADC
-
- SSI
-
- DCM
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- CNO
-
- do.
-
- SSM
-
- SSN
-
- CRC
-
- CRS
-
- al.
-
- AIA
-
- DOA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ac-
-
- Ar.
-
- CSO
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- an.
-
- acy
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- CSR
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- aah
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- Sr.
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- ad-
-
- CSC
-
- Am.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SSA
-
- SAR
-
- SSC
-
- SSD
-
- AAM
-
- sc.
-
- Aar
-
- CSA
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CNN
-
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- Co.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- CAA
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CAI
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- 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.
- AMC
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- sho
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SLA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ALM
-
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ALC
-
- 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).
- ch.
-
- CCA
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- aor
-
- AOA
-
- ard
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- DSC
-
- cc.
-
- ASI
-
- Syl
-
- ASM
-
- ANC
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ca.
-
- AMS
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CNM
-
- CMA
-
- Cym
-
- CYO
-
- AYH
-
- SCM
-
- AIC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- AHL
-
- CLR
-
- CMC
-
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CMD
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- ScD
-
- AHA
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- CNC
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- ACS
-
- CIM
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- CCR
-
- SMD
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CDC
-
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ays
-
- 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.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SLR
-
- SMA
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- SHA
-
- SDS
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- SMS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- SCS
-
- CIA
-
- CIC
-
- cyc
-
noun,
cyclorama (def 2).
- NAA
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- DSM
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- LIM
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- OIr
-
- ONI
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- LHD
-
- LDC
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LCM
-
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- 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.
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OAS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- LOC
-
- OCC
-
- OCD
-
- OCR
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OCS
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- oic
-
- oid
-
- Ld.
-
- LCI
-
- OSA
-
- IRO
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isl
-
- ish
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ISR
-
- DSO
-
- LCD
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LCA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ory
-
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- RCS
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- LSD
-
- LDS
-
- OSS
-
- La.
-
- Rd.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- OSD
-
- Oc.
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- NCC
-
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- MLD
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- NHA
-
- MNS
-
- NHI
-
- NHL
-
- NHS
-
- NIA
-
- NYA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MNA
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- NIH
-
- MSA
-
- NAD
-
- NCO
-
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- MSH
-
- MSD
-
- MRI
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
-
- MOI
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- my-
-
- NSC
-
- LSS
-
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Md.
-
- Mc-
-
- LSM
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- LON
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- MSC
-
- MAA
-
- mi.
-
- MCI
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- MHR
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHD
-
- MHA
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- MCR
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- Mao
-
- NOC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- RMA
-
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- hd.
-
- HCR
-
- HCM
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSS
-
- sd.
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- HDL
-
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- HSM
-
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RLD
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- rnd
-
- ROA
-
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- hyd
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ROI
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- NYC
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- SAA
-
- hr.
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- DCS
-
- dyn
-
- DIL
-
- DIY
-
- di.
-
- DHL
-
- dha
-
- dh-
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DLO
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DAR
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DLC
-
- DLS
-
- HMS
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- DSS
-
- DSR
-
- DSA
-
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Dr.
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DMA
-
- Doi
-
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- DMS
-
- DML
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- SSR
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ICC
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCN
-
- IAS
-
- RCA
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- il-
-
- yis
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Yin
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noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Yid
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- icy
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adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- YCL
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- IHS
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- YHA
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- IDA
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- yds
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- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- rho
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Yao
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noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- IDS
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noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- INH
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- IOC
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- id.
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- io-
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- yad
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noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- rya
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noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- hrs
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- ics
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- yah
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interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ial
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- Ia.
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- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- DM
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- NI
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- ND
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- RN
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- dl
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NH
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- NY
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- DN
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- NC
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- MN
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- N.
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- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- yl
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- yr
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- CM
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- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- RI
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- D.
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- AO
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RH
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- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- ly
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- ry
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- O.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sh
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interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- HL
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- OA
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- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RO
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- Hy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ic
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- ol
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- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- ln
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- LM
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- Y.
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- OH
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noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- i.
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- LR
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- M.
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- RC
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- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- L.
-
- yd
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noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- LC
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- h.
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- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- LH
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- MH
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- L1
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- NL
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- NM
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- L2
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SM
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- SL
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- SA
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- S.
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- SN
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- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.