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- antechoirs
-
noun,
an enclosed space in front of the choir of a church.
- chain-shot
-
noun,
cannon shot consisting of two balls or half balls connected by a short chain, formerly used in naval artillery to destroy the masts and sails of enemy ships.
- anchorites
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noun,
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
- chantries
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noun,
an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- anchorets
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noun,
anchorite.
- Cithaeron
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noun,
a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- charoseth
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noun,
haroseth.
- bacterins
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noun,
a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- aitchbone
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noun,
the rump bone, as of beef.
- senhorita
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noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- anchorite
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noun,
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
- boracites
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- 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.
- ethnarchs
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noun,
the ruler of a people, tribe, or nation.
- teach-ins
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- antechoir
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noun,
an enclosed space in front of the choir of a church.
- branchio-
-
- 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.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- Esthonia
-
noun,
Estonia.
- centibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- Bas-Rhin
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noun,
a department in NE France. 1848 sq. mi. (4785 sq. km). Capital: Strasbourg.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- anchoret
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noun,
anchorite.
- Hebraist
-
noun,
a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- contrib.
-
- Rathbone
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noun,
Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- corbinas
-
noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- carbines
-
noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- tracheo-
-
- bicornes
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- 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.
- aerobics
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noun,
Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- antihero
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noun,
a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- cohabits
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verb (used without object),
to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- bacteri-
-
- Chi-Rhos
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noun,
the Christian monogram ( ☧ ) made from the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ.
- chitosan
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noun,
a derivative of chitin, used in waste-water treatment.
- Atchison
-
noun,
a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- haricots
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noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- haroseth
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noun,
a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- chorines
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noun,
a chorus girl.
- Niarchos
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noun,
Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- Ratisbon
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noun,
Regensburg.
- Christen
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verb (used with object),
to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- Christo-
-
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- bacterin
-
noun,
a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- Hathoric
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adjective,
of or relating to Hathor.
- chanties
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noun,
chantey.
- theriacs
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- chanters
-
noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- archines
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noun,
arshin.
- ethnarch
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noun,
the ruler of a people, tribe, or nation.
- actorish
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adjective,
exaggeratedly theatrical; affected:
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- baronets
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- biotechs
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noun,
biotechnology.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- asthenic
-
noun,
a person of the asthenic type.
- brisance
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noun,
the shattering effect of a high explosive.
- bronchia
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noun,
the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- achroite
-
noun,
the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- bornites
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- iceboats
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- achiotes
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noun,
annatto.
- britches
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noun,
breeches.
- teach-in
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- broaches
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noun,
Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- Hobrecht
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noun,
Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- inchoate
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adjective,
not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- boracite
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- absinthe
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noun,
a green, aromatic liqueur that is 68 percent alcohol, is made with wormwood and other herbs, and has a bitter, licorice flavor: now banned in most Western countries.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- 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.
- inarches
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verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- Sheraton
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noun,
Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- bisector
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noun,
a line or plane that bisects an angle or line segment.
- brachio-
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- branches
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noun,
a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- chaines
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noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- theriac
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- chanter
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noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- boranes
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- banters
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- haricot
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noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- branchi
-
- sorbate
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- Barents
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noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- therian
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noun,
a therian animal.
- niobate
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noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- sorbent
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- Chi-Rho
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noun,
the Christian monogram ( ☧ ) made from the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- bronch-
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- bronchi
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noun,
plural of bronchus.
- thenars
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noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- hearths
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noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- roaches
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noun,
a cockroach.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- hot-air
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noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- bothies
-
noun,
a hut or small cottage.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Cherish
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verb (used with object),
to hold or treat as dear; feel love for:
- botches
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noun,
a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle:
- breaths
-
noun,
the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- Cheiron
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noun,
Chiron.
- cheiro-
-
- Thraces
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noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- chatons
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noun,
Also called chaton foil. an imitation gem of paste that has its pavilion backed with metal foil or silver to reflect light.
- thorias
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noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- bothers
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noun,
something troublesome, burdensome, or annoying:
- hatches
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noun,
the act of hatching.
- chasten
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verb (used with object),
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- ebonist
-
noun,
a worker in ebony.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Brescia
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noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- rochets
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- borscht
-
noun,
any of various eastern European soups made with beets, cabbage, potatoes, or other vegetables and served hot or chilled, often with sour cream.
- brioche
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noun,
a light, sweet bun or roll made with eggs, yeast, and butter.
- Bothnia
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending N between Sweden and Finland. About 400 miles (645 km) long.
- rebatos
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noun,
rabato.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- harshen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become harsh:
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- Chariot
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled vehicle for one person, usually drawn by two horses and driven from a standing position, used in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc., in warfare, racing, hunting, etc.
- iceboat
-
noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- birchen
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adjective,
of or relating to birch.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- isobath
-
noun,
an imaginary line or one drawn on a map connecting all points of equal depth below the surface of a body of water.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- berthas
-
noun,
a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- hernio-
-
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- hitches
-
noun,
the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
- caribes
-
noun,
piranha.
- Rhenish
-
noun,
British. Rhine wine.
- heroics
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- Rhetian
-
noun,
Raetic.
- heroins
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- histone
-
noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- carbine
-
noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- bicorne
-
noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- stearin
-
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.
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- cahiers
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- biotech
-
noun,
biotechnology.
- richens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- techno-
-
- stearo-
-
- cabrito
-
noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- sthenic
-
adjective,
sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
- Hichens
-
noun,
Robert Smythe [smahyth,, smahyth] /smaɪð,, smaɪθ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1950, English novelist.
- cabinet
-
noun,
a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items:
- sterno-
-
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- bitches
-
noun,
a female dog:
- sthenia
-
noun,
strength; excessive vital force.
- inshore
-
adverb,
toward the shore:
- isotach
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- Bonaire
-
noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- henbits
-
noun,
a common weed, Lamium amplexicaule, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers.
- cerato-
-
- Birches
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.
Compare birch family.
- bonacis
-
noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- tarnish
-
noun,
a tarnished coating.
- centro-
-
- basinet
-
noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- centri-
-
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- bastion
-
noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- batches
-
noun,
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together:
- hectors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- bathers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bathes.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- boaters
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- hernias
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- benthos
-
noun,
the biogeographic region that includes the bottom of a lake, sea, or ocean, and the littoral and supralittoral zones of the shore.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- boarish
-
adjective,
of or like a boar; swinish.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- hoarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become hoarse.
- Berchta
-
noun,
Perchta.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- benthic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a benthos.
- bearish
-
adjective,
like a bear; rough, burly, or clumsy.
- rhachis
-
noun,
rachis.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- heriots
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- cashier
-
noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- Hebraic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews, their language, or their culture.
- reboant
-
adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- hotches
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to fidget or shiver.
- coheirs
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- achiote
-
noun,
annatto.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- anthers
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- Acheson
-
noun,
Dean (Gooderham) [goo d-er-ham,, -uh m] /ˈgʊd ərˌhæm,, -əm/ (Show IPA), 1893–1971, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1949–53.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- Acheron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
- shortie
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- Antioch
-
noun,
Arabic Antakiya. Turkish Antakya. a city in S Turkey: capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria 300–64 b.c.
- 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.
- 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.
- notches
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- shorten
-
verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- ranches
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- ethions
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- archine
-
noun,
arshin.
- archit.
-
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- archons
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- 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.
- ethnics
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- ornith-
-
- Arecibo
-
noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Cornish
-
noun,
the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
- aerobic
-
adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- Corinth
-
noun,
an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- Obrecht
-
noun,
Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1430–1505, Dutch composer and conductor.
- senhora
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- cortina
-
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.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- tranche
-
noun,
Finance.
one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment:
a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering:
- corbina
-
noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- corbans
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- ostrich
-
noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- 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.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- anchors
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- torches
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- contra-
-
- obtains
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- 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.
- actino-
-
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- Ericson
-
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).
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- cranio-
-
- ranchos
-
noun,
a ranch.
- cohabit
-
verb (used without object),
to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- chorten
-
noun,
(in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
- Sheitan
-
noun,
Ash-Shaytān.
- ascribe
-
verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- chorine
-
noun,
a chorus girl.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- arseno-
-
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Sno-Cat
-
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- ratches
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- choreas
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- shochet
-
noun,
shohet.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Onitsha
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria, on the Niger River.
- tochers
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- tricho-
-
- echino-
-
- chitons
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- aristo-
-
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- oraches
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- citrons
-
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.
- 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.
- Hirsch
-
noun,
John Stephen, 1930–1989, Canadian stage director, born in Hungary.
- Hosein
-
noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- 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.
- stench
-
noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- breach
-
noun,
the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Brecht
-
noun,
Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Shrine
-
noun,
a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- breath
-
noun,
the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- branch
-
noun,
a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- Shebat
-
noun,
Shevat.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- hotcha
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of approval or delight, now often used facetiously.)
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- shibah
-
noun,
shivah.
- hiero-
-
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- histo-
-
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- shanti
-
noun,
peace.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- BSArch
-
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- sarco-
-
- Enochs
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- broths
-
noun,
thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- honest
-
adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- broncs
-
noun,
bronco:
- serbo-
-
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- broach
-
noun,
Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- broche
-
noun,
(in weaving tapestries) a device on which the filling yarn is wound, used as a shuttle in passing through the shed of the loom to deposit the yarn.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- sacro-
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- 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.
- Shinto
-
noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- tacho-
-
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- hither
-
Idioms,
hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there:
- Shinar
-
noun,
a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- Shiner
-
noun,
a person or thing that shines.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- shohet
-
noun,
a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- Hobart
-
noun,
Garret Augustus [gar-it] /ˈgær ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1844–99, U.S. lawyer and politician: vice president of the U.S. 1897–99.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- cteno-
-
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Chiron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Charon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- 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.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- Hathor
-
noun,
the goddess of love and joy, often represented with the head, horns, or ears of a cow.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- chants
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- ethno-
-
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- chains
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- 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.
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- cobias
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- cobras
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- snitch
-
noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- hasher
-
noun,
a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- chiton
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- Harbin
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Heilongjiang province, in NE China.
- chinos
-
noun,
a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc.
- Chino-
-
- chines
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- chinas
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- chori-
-
- Chosen
-
noun,
elect.
- cheths
-
noun,
heth.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- Chenab
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing SW from N India to the Sutlej River in E Pakistan. About 605 miles (1085 km) long.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Chron.
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- scato-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- chaton
-
noun,
Also called chaton foil. an imitation gem of paste that has its pavilion backed with metal foil or silver to reflect light.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- heaths
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- 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.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- Corbin
-
noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contr.
-
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- corban
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- chiro-
-
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- stanch
-
noun,
Also called flash-lock, navigation weir. a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- carbon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- carbo-
-
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- cerat-
-
- Hebron
-
noun,
an ancient city of Palestine, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–97; since 1997 under Palestinian self-rule.
- Cohens
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- hecto-
-
- 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.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- henbit
-
noun,
a common weed, Lamium amplexicaule, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- Henoch
-
noun,
Enoch (defs 1, 2).
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- 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.
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- thrash
-
noun,
an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- throbs
-
noun,
the act of throbbing.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- thresh
-
noun,
the act of threshing.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- niches
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Thisbe
-
noun,
Pyramus and Thisbe.
- baches
-
noun,
a bachelor.
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- astron
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- nocti-
-
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- astro-
-
- nitro-
-
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- Ashton
-
noun,
Sir Frederick (William) 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- bathes
-
noun,
British.
the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.
a swimming bath.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- bather
-
noun,
a person or thing that bathes.
- batho-
-
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- bathos
-
noun,
a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nachos
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- Naboth
-
noun,
the owner of a vineyard coveted by Ahab, slain by the scheming of Jezebel so that Ahab could secure the vineyard. I Kings 21.
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- thanes
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- 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.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- necro-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- bancos
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- banish
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile:
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- BArchE
-
- recti-
-
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- barit.
-
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- rectos
-
- rehabs
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- rehash
-
noun,
the act of rehashing.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arshin
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- aceto-
-
- tribo-
-
- Achish
-
noun,
the king of the Philistine city of Gath, who twice gave refuge to David. I Sam. 21:10–15.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- actin-
-
- 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.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- aeron.
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- abhors
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- 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.
- 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.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- trich-
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- arsen-
-
- rancho
-
noun,
a ranch.
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- Ranchi
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- archi-
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archon
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- archt.
-
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- 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.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- obeahs
-
noun,
a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- anchor
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- aniso-
-
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- 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.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- antho-
-
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- intro.
-
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- births
-
noun,
an act or instance of being born:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- Bichat
-
noun,
Marie François Xavier [ma-ree frahn-swa gza-vyey] /maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa gzaˈvyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1802, French physician.
- 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.
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- rhino-
-
- intra-
-
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Rhines
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boheas
-
noun,
an inferior grade of black tea.
- inches
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- 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.
- tarso-
-
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- bonaci
-
noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Berith
-
noun,
Brith.
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- bother
-
noun,
something troublesome, burdensome, or annoying:
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- 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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- iatro-
-
- Bertha
-
noun,
a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.
- berths
-
noun,
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- sheath
-
noun,
a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- hotch
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to fidget or shiver.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ecto-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ichth
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- estab
-
- Esth.
-
- icons
-
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- ento-
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- incor
-
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- econ.
-
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- sect.
-
- 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.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- 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).
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- 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.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- sero-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- 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.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Orth.
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- hort.
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- IATSE
-
- octa-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Seric
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- oste-
-
- orch.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- obeah
-
noun,
a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- 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.
- Horeb
-
noun,
a mountain sometimes identified with Mount Sinai.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- 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.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Enoch
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- OBrit
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- 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.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- incr.
-
- Haber
-
noun,
Fritz, 1868–1934, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1918.
- Hoban
-
noun,
James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- rhin-
-
- rehab
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- nears
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- heths
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- rhoea
-
- Recit
-
- sarc-
-
- Necho
-
noun,
Prince of Sais and Prince of Memphis, flourished 633? b.c, chief of the Egyptian delta lords (father of Psamtik I).
- scat-
-
- 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.
- Nebr.
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- rhet.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Iran.
-
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- nacho
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- Hench
-
noun,
Philip Showalter [shoh-awl-ter] /ˈʃoʊ ɔl tər/ (Show IPA), 1896–1965, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
- Nabis
-
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- 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.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- reni-
-
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- Hecht
-
noun,
Also called bird dismount. a dismount, as from the horizontal bar, in which a gymnast releases the apparatus at the height of a backswing, sails forward with outstretched arms and legs, and lands upright on the feet.
- naso-
-
- 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.
- herns
-
- 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.
- hect-
-
- Isth.
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- Sahib
-
noun,
(in India) sir; master: a term of respect used, especially during the colonial period, when addressing or referring to a European.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- hist.
-
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- noct-
-
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scot.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- habit
-
noun,
an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- hitch
-
noun,
the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- sebi-
-
- 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.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- inst.
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- 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.
- sanit
-
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- harsh
-
adjective,
ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect:
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Neth.
-
- Hatch
-
noun,
the act of hatching.
- hier-
-
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- intr.
-
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Chiba
-
noun,
a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, near Tokyo.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- tera-
-
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- berth
-
noun,
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- BeShT
-
noun,
Baal Shem-Tov.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- beths
-
noun,
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Bihar
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 38,301 sq. mi. (99,200 sq. km). Capital: Patna.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- tech.
-
- biont
-
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Birch
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.
Compare birch family.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Thach
-
noun,
Edward, Teach, Edward.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- bathe
-
noun,
British.
the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.
a swimming bath.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- Bart.
-
- Barth
-
noun,
John (Simmons) [sim-uh nz] /ˈsɪm ənz/ (Show IPA), born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- Basho
-
noun,
(Basho Matsuo) 1644?–94, Japanese poet.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- batch
-
noun,
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together:
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- baths
-
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Beach
-
noun,
an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- Behan
-
noun,
Brendan (Francis) [bren-duh n] /ˈbrɛn dən/ (Show IPA), 1923–64, Irish playwright.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- bench
-
noun,
a long seat for several persons:
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- birth
-
noun,
an act or instance of being born:
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- botch
-
noun,
a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Botha
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee] /luˈi/ (Show IPA), 1862–1919, South African general and statesman.
- Bothe
-
noun,
Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1891–1957, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Brahe
-
noun,
Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- brash
-
noun,
a pile or stack of loose fragments or debris, as of rocks or hedge clippings.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Bosch
-
noun,
Carl or Karl, 1874–1940, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1931.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- Bohea
-
noun,
an inferior grade of black tea.
- tears
-
- bitch
-
noun,
a female dog:
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boche
-
noun,
Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.
- 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.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Borah
-
noun,
William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- Sheba
-
noun,
Queen of, the queen who visited Solomon to test his wisdom. I Kings 10:1–13.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- baro-
-
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- Brith
-
noun,
the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- aero-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- 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.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- 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.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anth-
-
- anti-
-
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- 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.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- 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.
- troch
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- abhor
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- abstr
-
- actos
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- acet-
-
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- treas
-
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tonia
-
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- thio-
-
- 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.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- ation
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- throb
-
noun,
the act of throbbing.
- BArch
-
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- bact.
-
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- bahts
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- baith
-
adjective, pronoun,
both.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Theos
-
- theor
-
- theo-
-
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- Arch.
-
- arche
-
- 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.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arith
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- asco-
-
- 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.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Brit.
-
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- cheth
-
noun,
heth.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Chin.
-
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- 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.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- cine-
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cert.
-
- Srta.
-
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- 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: ¢.
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- 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.
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- 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.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- char-
-
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cath.
-
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Shiah
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- sito-
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- 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:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- 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.
- Cohan
-
noun,
George M(ichael) 1878–1942, U.S. actor, playwright, and producer.
- Cohen
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Sino-
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- 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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- 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.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- carb-
-
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- 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.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- ster.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- BSRet
-
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- broch
-
noun,
a circular stone tower built around the beginning of the Christian era, having an inner and an outer wall, found on the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, the Hebrides, and the mainland of Scotland.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- BSChE
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- broth
-
noun,
thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- 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).
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tRNA
-
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Sab.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tanh
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- RONA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tron
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- RIBA
-
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- thi-
-
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- tab.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- TRIB
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- str.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tri-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- shr.
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Shah
-
noun,
(formerly, in Iran) king; sovereign.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sec.
-
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- the-
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- tchr
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- ScBE
-
- Ste.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- BSIR
-
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- SATB
-
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- SBIC
-
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Soni
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tion
-
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tob.
-
- sech
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sch.
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- sci.
-
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- rit.
-
- scr.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- 1080
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Bohr
-
noun,
Aage Niels [aw-guh neels] /ˈɔ gə nils/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, Danish physicist: Nobel Prize 1975 (son of Niels Bohr).
- hash
-
noun,
a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- HEAO
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Heb.
-
- Hebr
-
- hehs
-
noun,
he2 .
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- her.
-
- Hahn
-
noun,
Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Herb
-
noun,
a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody.
- bot.
-
- est.
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Eth.
-
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- 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.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- bosh
-
noun,
absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- Hab.
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- eso-
-
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Beth
-
noun,
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- bchs
-
plural,
bunch.
- BChE
-
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- BASH
-
noun,
a crushing blow.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- bio-
-
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bin-
-
- hobs
-
noun,
a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Hos.
-
- both
-
pronoun,
the one as well as the other:
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- ICSH
-
- Cobh
-
noun,
a seaport in S Republic of Ireland: port for Cork.
- 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).
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Can.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- 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.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- 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.
- Cort
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- 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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- Chr.
-
- chs.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- enc.
-
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- BSIT
-
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- BTCh
-
- BSRT
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- BSOT
-
- BSNA
-
- BSIE
-
- BSAE
-
- BSHE
-
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- BSHA
-
- 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.
- BSEc
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- BSCh
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- BSCE
-
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- BASc
-
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- ant.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ANSI
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- ano-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- ARIS
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- NCTE
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- asc-
-
- Neh.
-
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- 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.
- not-
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- abs-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obs.
-
- abr.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Oct.
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Ont.
-
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- NTIA
-
- ance
-
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- NRAB
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NTSB
-
- 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.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACTH
-
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- acr-
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Ire.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- baht
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.
- Bahr
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1934, Austrian playwright and critic.
- Nah.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- BACH
-
noun,
a bachelor.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- 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.
- BRCS
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- ISBN
-
- iso-
-
- ator
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- 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 = .
- atic
-
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bar.
-
- 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.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- 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.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- 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.
- cen.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- ates
-
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- 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.
- th-
-
- ThB
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TCS
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- abt
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TRH
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- ct.
-
- Co.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CEA
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- TCA
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- CAI
-
- bec
-
- BCS
-
- ase
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- CBS
-
- TSI
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- ab-
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- TBA
-
- Ar.
-
- ASI
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Tbi
-
- Tro
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ASN
-
- abn
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- TBO
-
- THC
-
- TNB
-
- STB
-
- ch.
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- 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.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- 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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- BRT
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- Br.
-
- BSC
-
- BIE
-
- ARS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- be-
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- BCh
-
plural,
bunch.
- BRE
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- BCE
-
- Bac
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Bn.
-
- aor
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TIA
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BSA
-
- ATC
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- asb
-
- AHE
-
- 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.
- tra
-
- STI
-
- CBE
-
- ca.
-
- BTh
-
- BTE
-
- tr.
-
- Bt.
-
- BST
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- BSO
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ATB
-
- bah
-
interjection,
(an exclamation of contempt or annoyance):
- ANC
-
- BSE
-
- BNS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- BSN
-
- bsh
-
- bi-
-
- BHT
-
- at.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- BHA
-
- BHC
-
- 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.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IRO
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ish
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- rhb
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- 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.
- IRC
-
- NCO
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- NBC
-
- NbE
-
- NBS
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- NES
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Hts
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SRB
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- Ir.
-
- INH
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- IOC
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ine
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- RNA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ROA
-
- in.
-
- IHS
-
- ier
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 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:
- HST
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- RCS
-
- OTS
-
- OTC
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ose
-
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- OSB
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ons
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OIt
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OIr
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Re.
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- NHA
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- RBI
-
- RBC
-
- NHI
-
- NHS
-
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIH
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- NOC
-
- OSA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Oc.
-
- ob.
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ht.
-
- IBN
-
- hrs
-
- Ehr
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- shh
-
interjection,
sh.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EbN
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- SHA
-
- eir
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- HRE
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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).
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ETO
-
- sho
-
- cte
-
- ETS
-
- CNS
-
- Sr.
-
- CEO
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ChB
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- CIA
-
- CIB
-
- CIE
-
- CNO
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- CTA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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).
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- sht
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- ETR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- 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.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HCR
-
- sc.
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- heh
-
noun,
he2 .
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- SAR
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Hob
-
noun,
a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- SAE
-
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- HBO
-
- sb.
-
- hr.
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- SCB
-
- hah
-
interjection,
ha.
- HIH
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HSH
-
- HRH
-
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- N.
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NH
-
- SA
-
- TN
-
- S.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AO
-
- BH
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- 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.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- NC
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- 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.
- NI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OA
-
- RO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- HB
-
- BO
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TC
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- O.
-
- h.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- CE
-
- BC
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- RN
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- RI
-
- RH
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- CB
-
- Eb
-
- 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.
- HH
-