Anagrams of arundinaceous
Word arundinaceous has
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- endocrania
-
noun,
the inner lining membrane of the skull; the dura mater.
- insurance
-
noun,
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- radiances
-
noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- anandrous
-
adjective,
having no stamens.
- ordinance
-
noun,
an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- ordnances
-
noun,
cannon or artillery.
- Draconian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
- decurions
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noun,
the head of a decury.
- audacious
-
adjective,
extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless:
- consarned
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adjective,
confounded; damned.
- androecia
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noun,
the stamens of a flower collectively.
- Androsace
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- sun-cured
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adjective,
cured or preserved by exposure to the rays of the sun, as meat, fish, fruit, tobacco, etc.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- nuisance
-
noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- consider
-
verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- ordnance
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- dourines
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- Saarinen
-
noun,
Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- sourdine
-
noun,
mute (def 10).
- douceurs
-
noun,
a gratuity; tip.
- decurion
-
noun,
the head of a decury.
- douanier
-
noun,
a customs officer or official.
- denarius
-
noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, first issued in the latter part of the 3rd century b.c., that fluctuated in value and sometimes appeared as a bronze coin.
- Scandian
-
noun,
a Scandinavian.
- Cardenas
-
noun,
Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- edacious
-
adjective,
devouring; voracious; consuming.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- aneroids
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- aneurins
-
noun,
thiamine.
- uncaused
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adjective,
not resulting from some antecedent cause.
- durances
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noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- andirons
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- Anderson
-
noun,
Carl David, 1905–91, U.S. physicist: discoverer of the positron; Nobel Prize 1936.
- re-sound
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verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- Anacreon
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noun,
c570–c480 b.c, Greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs.
- unrounds
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verb (used with object),
to articulate (an ordinarily rounded vowel) without rounding the lips; delabialize.
- crannied
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adjective,
having or full of crannies.
- araceous
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adjective,
belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- araneids
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- Cournand
-
noun,
André Frédéric [ahn-drey frey-dey-reek] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1895–1988, U.S. physiologist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- unreason
-
noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- Aidoneus
-
noun,
a king of Thesprotia.
- scenario
-
noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- Eurasian
-
noun,
the offspring of a European and an Asian.
- dinosaur
-
noun,
any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- inducers
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- acarines
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Nocardia
-
noun,
any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- diocesan
-
noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- radiance
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noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- cernuous
-
adjective,
drooping, as a flower; nodding.
- carneous
-
adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- Roseanna
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noun,
a female given name.
- Eridanus
-
noun,
the River, a large southern constellation between Cetus and Orion, containing the bright star Achernar.
- nonaries
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- idocrase
-
noun,
vesuvianite.
- anurias
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- anurous
-
adjective,
having no tail.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- candors
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noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- sudaria
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- canards
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noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- cranio-
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- Ecuador
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noun,
a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- candier
-
- araneid
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- anurans
-
noun,
any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads.
- Sudanic
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adjective,
(especially in former systems of classification) of or relating to a residual category of African languages including most of the non-Bantu and non-Hamitic languages of northern and central Africa: most now reclassified as part of the Niger-Congo subfamily.
- asunder
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adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- rescind
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crusado
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noun,
an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- cardias
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- aneuria
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noun,
neurasthenia.
- Aneurin
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noun,
thiamine.
- cardio-
-
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- radians
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noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- Ansonia
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noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- crusade
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- resound
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verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- saurian
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noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- Saundra
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noun,
a female given name.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- randans
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noun,
a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- inducer
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noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- arseno-
-
- enduros
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noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- induces
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verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- iracund
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adjective,
prone to anger; irascible.
- Cernuda
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1902–63, Spanish poet, in England after 1939.
- ascared
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adjective,
afraid; scared.
- ascarid
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noun,
any nematode of the family Ascaridae; roundworm.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- endrins
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- innards
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noun,
the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
- raucous
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adjective,
harsh; strident; grating:
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- insured
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noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- scunner
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noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- inroads
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- Eurasia
-
noun,
Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Isadora
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Isidor.
- 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).
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- arduous
-
adjective,
requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult:
- incudes
-
noun,
a plural of incus.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Scandia
-
noun,
scandium oxide.
- sounder
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- Ariadne
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- Isadore
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noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- sidero-
-
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- caesura
-
noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- ordains
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verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- curious
-
adjective,
eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- adnouns
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- androus
-
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- unicorn
-
noun,
a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- uranias
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- urinous
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.
- rondeau
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- Sandron
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Uranian
-
adjective,
pertaining to the planet Uranus.
- Dionaea
-
noun,
the Venus's-flytrap.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- acarids
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- unround
-
verb (used with object),
to articulate (an ordinarily rounded vowel) without rounding the lips; delabialize.
- Ancaeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo.
- nuncios
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- danseur
-
noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- ruinous
-
adjective,
bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous:
- aeonian
-
adjective,
eternal; everlasting.
- duennas
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noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Dunarea
-
noun,
Romanian name of the Dvina.
- dourine
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- acaroid
-
adjective,
resembling a mite or tick.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Adonais
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- unsound
-
adjective,
not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
- nourice
-
noun,
a nurse.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- undines
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- nuances
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- cunners
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- durians
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Andrias
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- Denison
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- Nicaean
-
adjective,
Nicene.
- diurons
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- douanes
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- uranous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent uranium.
- Andreas
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- acedias
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- douceur
-
noun,
a gratuity; tip.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Durance
-
noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- Oceania
-
noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- anconas
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- dorsi-
-
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- secund
-
adjective,
arranged on one side only; unilateral.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- 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.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- 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.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- randan
-
noun,
a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cuneus
-
noun,
Anatomy. a wedge-shaped convolution on the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- disco-
-
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- Ruanda
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Rwanda and the E Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- radeau
-
noun,
an armed scow, variously rigged, used as a floating battery during the American Revolution.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- cardi-
-
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- radio-
-
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- 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.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Decius
-
noun,
(Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) a.d. c201–251, emperor of Rome 249–251.
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Dacron
-
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Duncan
-
noun,
Isadora, 1878–1927, U.S. dancer: pioneer in modern dance.
- 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.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- sauced
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- cursed
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- sarco-
-
- crudes
-
noun,
crude oil.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- corned
-
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.
- 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.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Coanda
-
noun,
Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Cnidus
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Caria: the Athenians defeated the Spartans in a naval battle near here 394 b.c.
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- Deanna
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Diana.
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- Danaus
-
noun,
a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- duenna
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- sacro-
-
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- neuro-
-
- adnoun
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- adeno-
-
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- nidana
-
noun,
any of 12 aspects of Samsara, or the cycle of birth and death, often compared to 12 spokes of a wheel.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- undone
-
verb,
past participle of undo.
- urano-
-
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- 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.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Uranus
-
noun,
Astronomy. the planet seventh in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 32,600 miles (56,460 km), a mean distance from the sun of 1,784 million miles (2,871 million km), a period of revolution of 84.07 years, and 15 moons.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- adren-
-
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- andro-
-
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- aeron.
-
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- Andean
-
adjective,
of or like the Andes.
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- under-
-
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- Undine
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- necro-
-
- adreno
-
- uraeus
-
noun,
the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- anuran
-
noun,
any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Aeacus
-
noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- unsure
-
adjective,
not certain or confident:
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- aniso-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- narco-
-
- unused
-
adjective,
not used; not put to use:
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- Urundi
-
noun,
former name of Burundi.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- induc.
-
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- induce
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- urino-
-
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- aurous
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of or containing gold in the univalent state.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Cannae
-
noun,
an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Canad.
-
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- induna
-
noun,
an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- acious
-
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- aureus
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- aceous
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- Audion
-
noun,
an early type of triode.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- audio-
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- nuci-
-
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nona-
-
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- nears
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- neur-
-
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nudi-
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dunce
-
noun,
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- 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.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- 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.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ordn.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iran.
-
- endo-
-
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- ideo-
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- icons
-
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- 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).
- Eurus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the east wind.
- Indo-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- 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.
- Dunne
-
noun,
Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- nano-
-
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- naso-
-
- dunno
-
- Nauru
-
noun,
Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8¼ sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- 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.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- educ.
-
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Ecua.
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- econ.
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- oidea
-
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- 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.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- ASEAN
-
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- cauda
-
noun,
a tail or taillike appendage.
- caus.
-
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- 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.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- 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.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- 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.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- sero-
-
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Card.
-
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Seric
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adunc
-
adjective,
curved inward; hooked.
- uran-
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- undue
-
adjective,
unwarranted; excessive:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- 30-30
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- aden-
-
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- 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.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- 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.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- areo-
-
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- 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:
- 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.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- andr-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- uncus
-
noun,
any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- UNCIO
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anon.
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- cine-
-
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- curds
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- desc.
-
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- cruds
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- sarc-
-
- deca-
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- deci-
-
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- disc.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Cons.
-
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Scand
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- 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.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- urus
-
noun,
the aurochs.
- Odus
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- USRC
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- USNA
-
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- RONA
-
- USCA
-
- USAR
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- USDA
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- USIA
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- nos-
-
- Urdu
-
noun,
one of the official languages of Pakistan, a language derived from Hindustani, used by Muslims, and written with Persian-Arabic letters.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- 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.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- uria
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Uru.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- uro-
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- uni-
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- OECD
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- OSRD
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- saur
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- 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.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sec.
-
- rcd.
-
- scr.
-
- RdAc
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- sci.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- RNAS
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Sra.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- 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.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ord.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- rad.
-
- cir.
-
- Nor.
-
- Aus.
-
- duo-
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- aur-
-
- 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.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- Can.
-
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- eco-
-
- aud.
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- ARIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Esd.
-
- eso-
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Eur.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ind.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- IAEA
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Ens.
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- eous
-
- asc-
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- iana
-
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Cond
-
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- cis-
-
- 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.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Cres
-
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- 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.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Cor.
-
- cur.
-
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- CERN
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dis-
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cen.
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Cdr.
-
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dioc
-
- Dino
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Dec.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- cide
-
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Din.
-
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- NACA
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- iso-
-
- Anas
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ance
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- 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.
- ands
-
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- NASD
-
- ious
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- NOAA
-
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- NIRA
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- NCAA
-
- NDAC
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- 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.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- acea
-
- ACDA
-
- acad
-
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ins.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- 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.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- iod-
-
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ano-
-
- IndE
-
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Inc.
-
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- inae
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- 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 = .
- ICAO
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ann.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ANSI
-
- CNN
-
- ARU
-
- AAE
-
- ure
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ARS
-
- AAU
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- aor
-
- CIE
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- CNS
-
- AOA
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CNO
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- AOU
-
- ADC
-
- CRS
-
- sc.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- USR
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- USO
-
- USN
-
- ard
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ScD
-
- AIA
-
- USC
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- AUC
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ACS
-
- ASU
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ASN
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- UNO
-
- 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).
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SNU
-
- ASR
-
- Une
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CAI
-
- AUA
-
- AIC
-
- 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.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ANC
-
- unc
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CAA
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ca.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- SED
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- UAE
-
- uns
-
- CEO
-
- UCR
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- UDC
-
- CED
-
- ae.
-
- CEA
-
- AEA
-
- AEC
-
- ur-
-
- 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).
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CIA
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- 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 = .
- ier
-
- in.
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- ine
-
- ose
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- RCS
-
- 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.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Rd.
-
- Re.
-
- ISR
-
- id.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ESR
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESU
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- eu-
-
- ics
-
- CSA
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- io-
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- IUD
-
- RCN
-
- NIA
-
- OSD
-
- OSA
-
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- NES
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ne-
-
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NNE
-
- NOC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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
-
- IUS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- NCO
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- NAA
-
- NAD
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIr
-
- oid
-
- OAU
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OCD
-
- NDE
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- RCA
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RDA
-
- Doi
-
- di.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- So.
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- Du.
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- sd.
-
- SRO
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- DAE
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- do.
-
- SAR
-
- DOA
-
- DSC
-
- DSO
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAA
-
- DAR
-
- SAE
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- de-
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DEA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- usu
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- EDC
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- DUI
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EAA
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- ead
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ea.
-
- rnd
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- eo-
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROA
-
- 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.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- i.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- AO
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- CU
-
- RO
-
- D.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- UI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ic
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Ud
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RU
-
- RC
-
- CE
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- DN
-
- NI
-
- ND
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noun,
oy2 .
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
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adverb,
no1 .
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