Anagrams of Anglo-American
Word Anglo-American has
1681 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Anglo-American.
- Anglomania
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noun,
an intense admiration of, interest in, or tendency to imitate English institutions, manners, customs, etc.
- carmagnole
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noun,
a dance and song popular during the French Revolution.
- narcomania
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noun,
Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.
- managerial
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adjective,
pertaining to management or a manager:
- Americano
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noun,
a cocktail made with bitters, sweet vermouth, and soda water.
- air-lance
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noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- congenial
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adjective,
agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character:
- cornelian
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noun,
carnelian.
- ignorance
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noun,
the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- Alemannic
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noun,
the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany.
Compare Bavarian (def 3).
- Americana
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) books, papers, maps, etc., relating to America, especially to its history, culture, and geography.
- Alamannic
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noun,
the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany.
Compare Bavarian (def 3).
- Aaronical
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adjective,
Aaronic.
- Connemara
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noun,
a mountainous region in County Galway, W Ireland, on the Atlantic coast.
- Orangeman
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noun,
a member of a secret society formed in the north of Ireland in 1795, having as its object the maintenance and political ascendancy of Protestantism.
- agromania
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noun,
an abnormal desire to live alone, especially in an isolated area.
- carnelian
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noun,
a red or reddish variety of chalcedony, used in jewelry.
- omnirange
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noun,
a radio navigational aid in which stations emit distinctive signals on each of 360 degrees, giving the bearing of each degree with reference to magnetic north.
- Algerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Algeria.
- Germania
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noun,
an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- American
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noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- Germanic
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
- cornmeal
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noun,
Also called, especially British, Indian meal. meal made of corn.
- mineral.
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- maniacal
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adjective,
of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- mangonel
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noun,
(formerly) any of various military engines for throwing large stones, darts, and other missiles.
- Algernon
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old North French word meaning “whiskered.”.
- regional
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noun,
Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
- germano-
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- Germinal
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- Minorcan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- re-claim
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verb (used with object),
to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- Agricola
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noun,
Georgius [jawr-jee-uh s,, jee-awr-] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi əs,, dʒiˈɔr-/ (Show IPA), (Georg Bauer) 1494–1555, German historian, physician, and pioneer in mineralogy.
- manganic
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adjective,
of or containing manganese, especially in the trivalent state.
- Alcmaeon
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noun,
a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies.
- alarming
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noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Minneola
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noun,
a juicy, pear-shaped variety of tangelo.
- Alamanni
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noun,
a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.
- egomania
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noun,
psychologically abnormal egotism.
- nanogram
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noun,
one billionth of a gram. Abbreviation: ng.
- Alemanni
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noun,
a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- Anacreon
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noun,
c570–c480 b.c, Greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs.
- Marianao
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noun,
a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.
- canaigre
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noun,
a plant, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the buckwheat family, found from Oklahoma to California, having clustered, tuberous roots that yield tannin.
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- calamine
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noun,
a pink, water-insoluble powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, used in ointments, lotions, or the like, for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the skin.
- calamari
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noun,
squid.
- Carmania
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noun,
a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
- Carniola
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noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- Carolean
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adjective,
characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England:
- Carolina
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noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- Armenian
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noun,
a native of Armenia.
- Armagnac
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noun,
a dry brandy distilled in the district of Armagnac in SW France.
- Marianne
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noun,
the French Republic, personified as a woman.
- Marianna
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noun,
a female given name.
- Melanion
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noun,
a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- comingle
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verb (used with or without object),
commingle.
- marginal
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adjective,
pertaining to a margin.
- Cinerama
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- racinage
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noun,
decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
- learning
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noun,
knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- meningo-
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- cleaning
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noun,
an act or instance of making clean:
- clearing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that clears; the process of becoming clear.
- Marciano
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noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- Anglican
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noun,
a member of the Church of England or of a church in communion with it.
- Angerona
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of anguish.
- Angelina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Angela.
- Angelico
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noun,
Fra [frah;; Italian frah] /frɑ;; Italian frɑ/ (Show IPA), (Giovanni da Fiesole) 1387–1455, Italian painter.
- Angelica
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noun,
Also called archangel. any plant belonging to the genus Angelica, of the parsley family, especially A. archangelica, cultivated in Europe for its aromatic odor and medicinal root and for its stalks, which are candied and eaten.
- geraniol
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noun,
a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- long-arm
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noun,
a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- marocain
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noun,
a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- Magnolia
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noun,
any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia, having large, usually fragrant flowers and an aromatic bark, much cultivated for ornament.
Compare magnolia family.
- Romanian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Romania.
- geranial
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noun,
See under citral.
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- malinger
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verb (used without object),
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- macaroni
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- ring-man
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noun,
Printing. an operator of a ring machine.
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- acerola
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noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- Marcian
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noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- cloning
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noun,
the process of producing a clone.
- Anglian
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noun,
an Angle.
- macaron
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noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- Anglice
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adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- acnemia
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noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- anginal
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adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to angina, especially angina pectoris.
- Galenic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Legnica
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noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarain
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noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- clangor
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noun,
a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- clanger
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noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- leaning
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noun,
inclination; tendency:
- angioma
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noun,
a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- malacia
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noun,
softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- nominal
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noun,
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
- acrogen
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noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- Goneril
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Amon-Ra
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noun,
Amen-Ra.
- congeal
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verb (used with or without object),
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:
- gracile
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adjective,
gracefully slender.
- Graeco-
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- anaemia
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noun,
anemia.
- anaemic
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adjective,
anemic.
- anagram
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noun,
a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: .
- railage
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noun,
an amount charged for transporting goods by rail.
- coaming
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- Maranon
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noun,
a river in Peru, flowing N and then E, joining the Ucayali to form the Amazon. 1000 miles (1600 km) long.
- Coleman
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noun,
Cy (Seymour Kaufman) 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.
- granola
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noun,
a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- coinage
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noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- gremial
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noun,
a cloth placed on the lap of the bishop, as during the celebration of Mass or when he confers orders.
- gremlin
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noun,
a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
- Angelic
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adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- Acrilan
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- malaco-
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- claimer
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noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- grimace
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noun,
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Oceania
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noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- Aorangi
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noun,
Cook, Mount.
- magical
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adjective,
produced by or as if by magic:
- Meinong
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noun,
Alexius [ah-lek-see-oo s] /ɑˈlɛk si ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1853–1920, Austrian psychologist and philosopher.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- Caelian
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noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- Carmela
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noun,
a female given name, form of Carmel.
- 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.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- Carling
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noun,
a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- Romania
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- megalo-
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- cariama
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noun,
seriema.
- meaning
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noun,
what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import:
- caramel
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noun,
a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
- cameral
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adjective,
of or relating to a judicial or legislative chamber or the privacy of such a chamber.
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- moneran
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noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- Laconia
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noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- cannoli
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plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- Cananea
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noun,
a city in N Mexico: copper mining and smelting.
- carnage
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noun,
the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- organic
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noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- Nicaean
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adjective,
Nicene.
- Aramaic
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noun,
Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 b.c.–a.d. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine.
Compare Biblical Aramaic.
- Aramean
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noun,
a Semite of the division associated with Aram.
- melano-
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- cienaga
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noun,
a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.
- Monacan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Monaco.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- inconel
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- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- Laramie
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noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- ceramal
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noun,
cermet.
- mongrel
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noun,
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- melanin
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noun,
any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
- melanic
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adjective,
Pathology. melanotic.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- gamelan
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noun,
an Indonesian orchestra consisting of bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and a great variety of percussion instruments.
- Langreo
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noun,
a city in N Spain.
- in-goal
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noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- Garonne
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noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- Romagna
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noun,
a former province of the Papal States, in NE Italy. Capital: Ravenna.
- 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.
- laminar
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adjective,
composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- limacon
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noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- Grecian
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noun,
a Greek.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- glacier
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noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- manager
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noun,
a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Gmelina
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noun,
a deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea, native to Southeast Asia,whose timber is important in the tropics.
- cringle
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noun,
an eye or grommet formed on the boltrope of a sail to permit the attachment of lines.
- Gennaro
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noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- regalia
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plural noun,
the ensigns or emblems of royalty, as the crown or scepter.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- almanac
-
noun,
an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics.
- Nanaimo
-
noun,
a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the SE part of Vancouver Island.
- miracle
-
noun,
an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- Almeria
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noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- almoner
-
noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- Logania
-
noun,
any of several plants or shrubs of the genus Logania, native chiefly to Australia, having small white or pink flowers.
- Aeolian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- crannog
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noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- reclaim
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noun,
reclamation:
- Morning
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noun,
the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- mangan-
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- alanine
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noun,
any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Symbol: A. Abbreviation: Ala;
- Alcoran
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noun,
Alkoran.
- Alamein
-
noun,
El Alamein.
- georama
-
noun,
an encompassingly large, hollow globe on the inside of which is depicted a map of the earth's surface, to be viewed by a spectator within the globe.
- aeonian
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adjective,
eternal; everlasting.
- Alencon
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- eanling
-
noun,
a young lamb; kid.
- Negroni
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- Algeria
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Capital: Algiers.
- Riemann
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noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- lineman
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noun,
Also, linesman. a person who installs or repairs telephone, telegraph, or other wires.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- craniom
-
- manacle
-
noun,
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- malanga
-
noun,
a thick, fleshy-leaved South American plant, Xanthosoma atrovirens, of the arum family, having leaves up to 3 feet (90 cm) long and nearly 2 feet (60 cm) wide.
- America
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noun,
United States.
- agnomen
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noun,
an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”.
Compare cognomen (def 3).
- malaria
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noun,
Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- Corning
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noun,
a city in S New York.
- craniol
-
- Niagara
-
noun,
a river on the boundary between W New York and Ontario, Canada, flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. 34 miles (55 km) long.
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- malonic
-
adjective,
of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- narcoma
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- cranio-
-
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- engin.
-
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- melan-
-
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- Gilman
-
noun,
Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- glance
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Cannae
-
noun,
an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
- narco-
-
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Nagano
-
noun,
a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- eloign
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- inorg.
-
- megal-
-
- Carmel
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- nagana
-
noun,
a disease of horses and other animals, widespread in parts of Africa, caused by the organism Trypanosoma brucei, and transmitted by a variety of tsetse fly.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- garlic
-
noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Megara
-
noun,
a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Greco-
-
- Colmar
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- grano-
-
- Colima
-
noun,
a state in SW Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. 2010 sq. mi. (5205 sq. km).
- milage
-
noun,
mileage.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- grani-
-
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- gnomic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- Mignon
-
noun,
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- coming
-
noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- coring
-
noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- caning
-
noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- goalie
-
noun,
a goalkeeper.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Moraga
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- goanna
-
noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- Graiae
-
plural noun,
Graeae.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- micro-
-
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- clamor
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- cormel
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- necro-
-
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- 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.
- Galion
-
noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- clino-
-
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Gloria
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- Galena
-
noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- glioma
-
noun,
a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- mingle
-
noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- Gemara
-
noun,
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- Garcon
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Mannar
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, bounded by W Sri Lanka, the chain of shoals that comprise Adam's Bridge, and S India.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- Amarna
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
- Amalia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- ligno-
-
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- alogia
-
noun,
aphasia.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- lingam
-
noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- lingoe
-
noun,
a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- amino-
-
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- mangle
-
noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Angola
-
noun,
a republic in SW Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence Nov. 11, 1975. 481,226 sq. mi. (1,246,375 sq. km). Capital: Luanda.
- Anglo-
-
- Anglic
-
noun,
the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- Anglia
-
noun,
Latin name of England.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- angio-
-
- angina
-
noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- Angela
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
- amoral
-
adjective,
not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- Angara
-
noun,
a river in the S Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NW from Lake Baikal to the Yenisei River: called Upper Tunguska in its lower course. 1151 miles (1855 km) long.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- anemo-
-
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- maraca
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- analog
-
noun,
analogue.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- ragman
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- malice
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- agaric
-
noun,
any fungus of the family Agaricaceae, including several common edible mushrooms.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- agamic
-
adjective,
Biology.
asexual.
occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
- a-game
-
noun,
a person’s best effort, abilities, or achievement:
- Loring
-
noun,
a male given name.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- aeron.
-
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- malign
-
adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- Malang
-
noun,
a city on E Java, in S Indonesia.
- Malaga
-
noun,
a strong, sweet dessert wine with a pronounced muscat grape flavor, especially that produced in Málaga, Spain.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- macro-
-
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Aglaia
-
noun,
one of the Graces.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- alegar
-
noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- manana
-
noun,
tomorrow; the (indefinite) future.
- Manala
-
noun,
Tuonela.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- manage
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- aglare
-
adjective, adverb,
glaring; blazing:
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- agron.
-
- agric.
-
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- agonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or symptomatic of agony, especially paroxysmal distress, as the death throes.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Longan
-
noun,
the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.
- agnail
-
noun,
hangnail.
- longi-
-
- agleam
-
adjective,
gleaming; bright; radiant:
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- Ramage
-
noun,
a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
- Raglan
-
noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- caeoma
-
noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- Aralia
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Garcia
-
noun,
Jerome John ("Jerry") 1942–95, U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
- Calama
-
noun,
a city in N Chile.
- lagena
-
noun,
an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- argali
-
noun,
a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- camail
-
noun,
aventail (def 1).
- calgon
-
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Laager
-
noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- legman
-
noun,
a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require his or her presence in the office.
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anneal
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- lacing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- Canara
-
noun,
Kanara.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- 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.
- Canaan
-
noun,
the ancient region lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean: the land promised by God to Abraham. Gen. 12:5–10.
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Anlage
-
noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- lang.
-
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- magic
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- login
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- gimel
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- MAgEc
-
- logic
-
noun,
the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- 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.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- male-
-
- Genl.
-
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- geol.
-
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lagan
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- mega-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Iran.
-
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- 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.
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- g-cal
-
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- geom.
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Laoag
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- grama
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- gram.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Marga
-
noun,
any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- 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.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- marg.
-
- lign-
-
- meno-
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- 30-30
-
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- mero-
-
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- 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:
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ileo-
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- gleam
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- 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.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- ling.
-
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- gloam
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Icel.
-
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Minn.
-
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Glenn
-
noun,
John (Herschel, Jr.) born 1921, U.S. astronaut and politician: first U.S. orbital space flight 1962; U.S. senator 1975–99.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- incr.
-
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- gonna
-
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- manna
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- incor
-
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- Melia
-
- Gomel
-
noun,
a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- golem
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- incl.
-
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Algar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- algia
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- olig-
-
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- algo-
-
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- omni-
-
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- cine-
-
- algae
-
plural noun,
any of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.
- cero-
-
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- OIcel
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Alcor
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Annam
-
noun,
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- amiga
-
noun,
a female friend.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anim.
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Angl.
-
- 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.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- anal.
-
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- amin-
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angi-
-
- anon.
-
- 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.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Armen
-
- Oreg.
-
- Arnel
-
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Amer.
-
- areo-
-
- orig.
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- orial
-
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- argal
-
noun,
argol.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- 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.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- 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.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nano-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- econ.
-
- ecol.
-
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- aemia
-
- cling
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- aeri-
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- crim.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- gamo-
-
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- gamic
-
adjective,
sexual (def 3).
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- galea
-
noun,
Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- ergo-
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- engr.
-
- encl.
-
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- aero-
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- coel-
-
- reni-
-
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- relig
-
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nona-
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Agram
-
noun,
German name of Zagreb.
- agro-
-
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- 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.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- AMORC
-
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- Conn.
-
- Agana
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guam.
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Cong.
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Agama
-
noun,
any of numerous agamid lizards of the genus Agama, many of which are brilliantly colored and have the ability to change the color of the skin.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Comr.
-
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- rel.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- RONA
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- 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.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- 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.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Reg.
-
- Man.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Rom.
-
- 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).
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- mal-
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- 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)
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- 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.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- 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.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- MILR
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- NIRA
-
- NOAA
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- mil.
-
- nom.
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- NCAA
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- mRNA
-
- NACA
-
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Mngr
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- 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.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Mar.
-
- 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.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- 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.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- org.
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- 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.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- 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).
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- non-
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mic.
-
- 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.
- mGal
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Meng
-
- men-
-
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- ole-
-
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- 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.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- 1080
-
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- ano-
-
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Gama
-
noun,
Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- geo-
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- ann.
-
- Ger.
-
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- 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.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Arg.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gal.
-
- Gala
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- GNMA
-
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- gro.
-
- Amal
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- ance
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- glom
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- glam
-
noun,
glamour.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- glim
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- Arm.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Com.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- CERN
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coml
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Col.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clar
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clog
-
noun,
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cml.
-
- Cmon
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- cog.
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- cen.
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- enc.
-
- Eng.
-
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- EGmc
-
- eco-
-
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Cal.
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Can.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- IAEA
-
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- lea.
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- acea
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- leg.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- acr-
-
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- 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.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- agal
-
noun,
(among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- 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.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- AAAL
-
- 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.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- mag.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- ACAA
-
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- log-
-
- aer-
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- Ala.
-
- agr.
-
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- AIME
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Aire
-
- IMCO
-
- ile-
-
- Ire.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- ign.
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- Alco
-
- iana
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alg.
-
- 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.
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- 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.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- AGMA
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- AOA
-
- AME
-
- CIA
-
- CGM
-
- oic
-
- CGI
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- AAE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- AEC
-
- ALC
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- AGC
-
- AAM
-
- 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:
- CEO
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Aar
-
- CIE
-
- AMC
-
- OEM
-
- AAA
-
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Oc.
-
- Re.
-
- Am.
-
- REA
-
- 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.
- RCN
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- RCA
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ROI
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ac-
-
- ag-
-
- CIM
-
- OCR
-
- AIA
-
- al.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Ola
-
- ROG
-
- ONR
-
- RMC
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ANC
-
- CAA
-
- ONI
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- ANG
-
- cl.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CAI
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- CMG
-
- ALM
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ca.
-
- RNA
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OIr
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CEA
-
- OLG
-
- 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.
- NRC
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Om.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- AGM
-
- AEA
-
- RMA
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ae.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ROA
-
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ECG
-
- NRA
-
- ial
-
- MIE
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MGr
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- gre
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Gr.
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- MLG
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- MOI
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- 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.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- nr.
-
- MLA
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- ml.
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- gl.
-
- GMC
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ing
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- GCR
-
- LNG
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Mao
-
- LIM
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LOC
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- 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.
- MAA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LCM
-
- IOC
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- IRO
-
- La.
-
- MCR
-
- LCI
-
- MCI
-
- mcg
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LCA
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- MLR
-
- GCI
-
- NEC
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- GCE
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NEA
-
- NGC
-
- ne-
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- 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.
- eir
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Eg.
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- CLR
-
- CMA
-
- CNM
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NIA
-
- NOC
-
- NNE
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- 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.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- 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.
- IGM
-
- NCO
-
- GCA
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- MOR
-
- gi.
-
- GCM
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- EMR
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- Ga.
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- en-
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- NAA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- i.
-
- RI
-
- MN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LM
-
- ln
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RC
-
- LR
-
- MG
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- GC
-
- RN
-
- OA
-
- 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.
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- 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.
- R.
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- RO
-
- L1
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- L.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- LC
-
- NG
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- rg
-
- EI
-
- NI
-
- L2
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- GN
-
- ol
-
- G.
-
- CM
-
- le
-
- NL
-
- NM
-
- GM
-
- ic
-
- IG
-