Anagrams of anisometric
Word anisometric has
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- creationism
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noun,
the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
- morticians
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noun,
funeral director.
- acrimonies
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noun,
sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.:
- Micronesia
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noun,
one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines, whose main groups are the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
- Marcionite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- mortician
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noun,
funeral director.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- cretinism
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noun,
a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
- intercoms
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- criminate
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verb (used with object),
to charge with a crime.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- metrician
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noun,
a metrist.
- ameristic
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adjective,
not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- eroticism
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noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- narcotism
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noun,
habitual use of narcotics.
- misorient
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verb (used with object),
to orient wrongly or improperly.
- armistice
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- encomiast
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noun,
a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- McIntire
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noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- minicars
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- simoniac
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noun,
a person who practices simony.
- Masonite
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- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- emiction
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noun,
urination.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- monastic
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noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Minorite
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noun,
Friar Minor.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- romances
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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):
- scimitar
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- cerimans
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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.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- miscite
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- stamin-
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- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- comates
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- nemato-
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- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- 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):
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- 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.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- Sno-Cat
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- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- cranio-
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- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- cimaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- stearo-
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- craniom
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- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- sterno-
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- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- centri-
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- centro-
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- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- 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.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- microns
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- cerato-
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- constr.
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- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- contra-
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- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- Cremini
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noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- antero-
-
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- isation
-
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- iatrics
-
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- arseno-
-
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- actino-
-
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- aristo-
-
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- steno-
-
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- contr.
-
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- scato-
-
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- 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).
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- iatro-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- somat-
-
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- masto-
-
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- somni-
-
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- sacro-
-
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- sarco-
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- instr.
-
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- inter.
-
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- cteno-
-
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- metro-
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- micro-
-
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- macro-
-
- astro-
-
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- rectos
-
- amino-
-
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- recti-
-
- narco-
-
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- aeron.
-
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- cameos
-
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.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- amnios
-
- necro-
-
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- 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.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nitro-
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- aniso-
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- anemo-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- nemat-
-
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- astron
-
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- actin-
-
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- 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.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- aceto-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- cerat-
-
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- tarso-
-
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- sarc-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- oste-
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- omni-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- 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.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- 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.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- MSEnt
-
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- reni-
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mini-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- misc.
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- metr-
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- rect.
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Recit
-
- sanit
-
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- mast-
-
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- masc.
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- noct-
-
- miso-
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- naso-
-
- meta-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- nears
-
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- tera-
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- term.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tears
-
- teno-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- 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.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Comr.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stome
-
- Cons.
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- cero-
-
- cert.
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- cont.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amer.
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- AMORC
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- treas
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- acro-
-
- 30-30
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- acet-
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- acnes
-
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.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- aero-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- aeri-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonia
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- asco-
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Armen
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- areo-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Const
-
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Sino-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- IATSE
-
- seti-
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ician
-
- icons
-
- sero-
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- imit.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ecto-
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- ento-
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- sito-
-
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- istic
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- sect.
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inst.
-
- Seric
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- 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.
- intr.
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- semi-
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- econ.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- crim.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- ster.
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cores
-
- crit.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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).
- Rom.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- RNAS
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- Sem.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- sci.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tRNA
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- tron
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- str.
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sat.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sec.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- tri-
-
- scr.
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- ten.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- ter.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Tasm
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- RIIA
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Soni
-
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Ste.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tion
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sra.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- SRAM
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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)
- RONA
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ICAO
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- IMCO
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- 1080
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- enc.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- men-
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- 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.
- ment
-
- Mar.
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mic.
-
- 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.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- 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.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- itis
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- 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.
- Cort
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- min.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- aet.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- AIME
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ASME
-
- 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.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Ceto
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cmon
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cet-
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Com.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- 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.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- CERN
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cen.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NTIA
-
- MSIE
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- neo-
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- nos-
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NCTE
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nom.
-
- 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.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- MNAS
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- mis-
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- 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.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Ont.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ons
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- CIA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ACS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CEA
-
- AEC
-
- CEO
-
- CIM
-
- ae.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CIE
-
- NOC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ac-
-
- Am.
-
- 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.
- TSE
-
- STM
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- STI
-
- REA
-
- NIA
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- NES
-
- TSI
-
- an.
-
- RCT
-
- Tro
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NRA
-
- NMR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CMA
-
- RCN
-
- NMI
-
- CNM
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- Ar.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RCA
-
- nr.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ot-
-
- 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.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OTS
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TMO
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RCS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- Om.
-
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- oic
-
- OEM
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- AMS
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- OCS
-
- ANC
-
- OCR
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- NRC
-
- Co.
-
- AIC
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Oc.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- 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.
- cr.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CAI
-
- OIt
-
- 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.
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- OSA
-
- TIA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ase
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ASI
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ASM
-
- OAS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASR
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ast
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- at.
-
- OTC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ATC
-
- ASN
-
- NEC
-
- CRS
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ISR
-
- IRO
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- MOR
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SCM
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Mo.
-
- 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 = .
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSE
-
- ine
-
- CRT
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- MRI
-
- IOC
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MRE
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MRA
-
- Ir.
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- IRC
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSI
-
- rte
-
- MNA
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- SAE
-
- MIT
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIE
-
- ROI
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MSC
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- 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.
- MOI
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- sc.
-
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ROA
-
- Mao
-
- MCR
-
- 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.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- SAR
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- MCI
-
- ier
-
- MSA
-
- MSN
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ec-
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- EMR
-
- ne-
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SMA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- St.
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Sta
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NEA
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- Sr.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- NCO
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ics
-
- MTI
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ETO
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Mt.
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MTO
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- MST
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- mtn
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MTS
-
- ESR
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NC
-
- NI
-
- SM
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- CM
-
- EI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OA
-
- M.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- AO
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- TM
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RC
-
- RO
-
- TN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- R.
-
- RI
-
- TC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NM
-
- RN
-
- N.
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- i.
-
- MN
-
- ic
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.