Anagrams of angiosperm
Word angiosperm has
1383 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of angiosperm.
- Singapore
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noun,
an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- Orangeism
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noun,
the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- manropes
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- Negroism
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noun,
the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- germano-
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- meropias
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noun,
partial blindness.
- perigons
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- megarons
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- organism
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noun,
a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- Peronism
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noun,
the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- Spearing
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noun,
an illegal check in which a player jabs an opponent with the end of the stick blade or the top end of the stick, resulting in a penalty.
- primages
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noun,
a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- rampions
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- saprogen
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noun,
a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- epigrams
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noun,
any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- gripmen
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- porgies
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noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- gripman
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- gisarme
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noun,
guisarme.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Gompers
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noun,
Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- Megaris
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- primage
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noun,
a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- parings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- isogram
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noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- engrams
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noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- morgens
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noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- epigram
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noun,
any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- semipro
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adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- mongers
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- arseno-
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- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- pirogen
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- serpigo
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noun,
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- perigon
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- gamines
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- mirages
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noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- prisage
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noun,
the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- Maspero
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noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- enigmas
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- imagoes
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noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- sparing
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noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- rasping
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noun,
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- impers.
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- spermo-
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- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- impones
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- Agriope
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noun,
Eurydice.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- mangoes
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- sponger
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noun,
a person or thing that sponges.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- springe
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noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- rampion
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- promise
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noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- Morgan
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noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- rapine
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- isopag
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
- Gaines
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noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- pogies
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noun,
a porgy.
- proems
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noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- gamine
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- gamins
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- Pisano
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noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- Miseno
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noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- Morgen
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noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- isomer
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- ragmen
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noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- sarong
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noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- eonism
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Romans
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noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- ranges
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noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Gainer
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- pingos
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noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- INGRES
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noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- Sanger
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noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- magpie
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noun,
either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
- Ransom
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- monger
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- maigre
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adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- inorg.
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- Saigon
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noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- mirage
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noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- Monera
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moesia
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noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- ramose
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adjective,
having many branches.
- sapro-
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- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Ingram
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noun,
a male given name.
- Ingmar
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noun,
a male given name.
- ramson
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- prongs
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noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Grison
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noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- impose
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- goners
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noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- primes
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- remans
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Regina
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noun,
queen.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- grains
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noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- region
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noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- gramps
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noun,
grandfather.
- grani-
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- resign
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verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- grano-
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- primos
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noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- margin
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noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Margie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- gropes
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noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- marges
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noun,
margin; edge.
- reigns
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noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Grimes
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noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- groins
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Maoris
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- gripes
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noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- mangos
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- gnomes
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noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- gapers
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noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- groans
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- imper.
-
- Gasper
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noun,
a cigarette.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- genips
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noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- genoas
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noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prangs
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verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- Geonim
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noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- pro-am
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noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- German
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Mersin
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noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Merops
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- images
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noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- gipons
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noun,
jupon.
- ignore
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- manger
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noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- manges
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noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- gasmen
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noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- monies
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noun,
a plural of money.
- pagers
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noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- somni-
-
- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- arsen-
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- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
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adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- sperm-
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- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- Peoria
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noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Signor
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- agron.
-
- paring
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- onager
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- Simeon
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noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- omegas
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noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- spirea
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- pagnes
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noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- amigos
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noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- argons
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- amines
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Amiens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- amino-
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- ariose
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adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- AmerSp
-
- pengos
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- amnios
-
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Negros
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noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- Pamirs
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noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- sparge
-
noun,
a sprinkling.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- egoism
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- Angers
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noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- aniso-
-
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- angio-
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- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Pigeon
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- sprang
-
noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- aeron.
-
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- anemo-
-
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- spiro-
-
- sponge
-
noun,
any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- 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.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- marg.
-
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- MPers
-
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- OPers
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- Prog.
-
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- prom.
-
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Oreg.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- orig.
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omni-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- peri-
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- miso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- 30-30
-
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- nears
-
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Msgr.
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mega-
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- prim.
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meno-
-
- pari-
-
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- 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.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- prae-
-
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- peags
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- mero-
-
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- prem.
-
- Pres.
-
- naso-
-
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- gamo-
-
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- gains
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angi-
-
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- gamps
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- 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.
- anim.
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- geom.
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amer.
-
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Gaspe
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- gapes
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- sero-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Armen
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- sing.
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 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.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- semi-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ergo-
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Epis.
-
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Sino-
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- engr.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- areo-
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- insep
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- span-
-
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- insp.
-
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- gramp
-
noun,
grandfather.
- gram.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- aeri-
-
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- aero-
-
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- resp.
-
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- gimps
-
noun,
a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- agro-
-
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- spor-
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- 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).
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SRAM
-
- Pen.
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Sra.
-
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pam.
-
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Soni
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- org.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- par.
-
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Pan.
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pre-
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- RNAS
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- 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).
- psig
-
- psia
-
- prs.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Rep.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Reg.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- prin
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Sem.
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- sepn
-
- 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.
- Pers
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sig.
-
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- per.
-
- 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.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- pnea
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- RONA
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- pro-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- MEPA
-
- Meng
-
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meas
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Man.
-
- mag.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- epi-
-
- Mngr
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- 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.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MIPS
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Emp.
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- MNAS
-
- 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.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- gras
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- geo-
-
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gro.
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- gres
-
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- GNMA
-
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gimp
-
noun,
a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- 1080
-
- Gen.
-
- ign.
-
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- ergs
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- iso-
-
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Imp.
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- inae
-
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- 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 = .
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- gamp
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Nor.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- NIRA
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- ano-
-
- 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.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- ANSI
-
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- apo-
-
- agr.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- nos-
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- AIME
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- amp.
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- MSIE
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- aer-
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Apr.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Arm.
-
- mRNA
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- ASME
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- MSAE
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Arg.
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- MSPE
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- ARIS
-
- 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.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AGM
-
- AME
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- Am.
-
- ROP
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- ROI
-
- Sr.
-
- SPR
-
- ROA
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- RNA
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- Ges
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROG
-
- an.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ag-
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ap-
-
- GOP
-
- Eg.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- APS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- eir
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- EMR
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- en-
-
- SMA
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- EAM
-
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- EOM
-
- ASN
-
- ea.
-
- ASM
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- ASI
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ase
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ARS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- gi.
-
- RSE
-
- ESR
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RSA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- RPM
-
- RPG
-
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- ESA
-
- ERP
-
- aor
-
- SAR
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- ANG
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- AMS
-
- EPS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- eo-
-
- EIS
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- MRI
-
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- MRP
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MPG
-
- PGA
-
- MSI
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- MSN
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPE
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- POA
-
- MIP
-
- POR
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MNA
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- MNE
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- MNS
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- 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.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOI
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MPA
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- PRA
-
- Om.
-
- Pr.
-
- PMG
-
- pm.
-
- Pg.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- OIr
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Ps.
-
- 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.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPM
-
- prn
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- NES
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- 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.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- OEM
-
- NPR
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- PaG
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- MIE
-
- IPO
-
- ing
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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 = .
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- IPA
-
- IPM
-
- ipr
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- gre
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- GNP
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- GPM
-
- Gr.
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- GSA
-
- in.
-
- GSR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- IGM
-
- REA
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- IRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Re.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Mao
-
- GPS
-
- ISR
-
- PSG
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- PSE
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- PSA
-
- Mo.
-
- Me.
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MGr
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- MEP
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- GN
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- MP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RO
-
- rg
-
- i.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- MN
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- MG
-
- AO
-
- IG
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- GP
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- S.
-
- N.
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- SM
-
- RN
-
- RP
-
- SN
-
- GM
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- G.
-
- RI
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- NM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- R.
-
- IP
-
- M.
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OG
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NG
-
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OA
-