Anagrams of astereognosis
Word astereognosis has
1765 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of astereognosis.
- stereognosis
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noun,
the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
- ringtosses
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noun,
a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- giantesses
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noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Asgeirsson
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noun,
Asgeir [ahs-gair] /ˈɑs gɛər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1972, Icelandic statesman: president 1952–68.
- ostensoria
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noun,
ostensory.
- senoritas
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- arsonists
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- Negritoes
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- ingresses
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noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- engrosses
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verb (used with object),
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb:
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- egression
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noun,
a going out; egress.
- egestions
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- sarsenets
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noun,
sarcenet.
- rogations
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noun,
Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- oogenesis
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noun,
the origin and development of the ovum.
- ganisters
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- astringes
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- estranges
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- songsters
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noun,
a person who sings; a singer.
- orogenies
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noun,
the process of mountain making or upheaval.
- estragons
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noun,
tarragon.
- tigresses
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noun,
a female tiger.
- essonites
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- estrogens
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- argento-
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- assignee
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noun,
a person to whom some right or interest is transferred, either for his or her own enjoyment or in trust.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- rootages
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noun,
the act of taking root.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- geronto-
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- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- argosies
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noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- rogation
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noun,
Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- nitroso-
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- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- genoises
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noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- ringtoss
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noun,
a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- seringas
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- arsonist
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- Gossaert
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- strigose
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adjective,
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- greisens
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noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- seatings
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- stenosis
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noun,
a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- songster
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noun,
a person who sings; a singer.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- easiness
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noun,
the quality or condition of being easy.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- isotones
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- eastings
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- soarings
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- gastrins
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- egestion
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- gastness
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noun,
terror or fright.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- stingers
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- Sisseton
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- oreganos
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Origanum vulgare, of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- sestinas
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- gneisses
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noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- agonists
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- signoras
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- ogresses
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noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- giantess
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noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- torsions
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- Goossens
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noun,
Sir Eugene, 1893–1962, English composer and conductor.
- osteosis
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noun,
the formation of bony tissue, usually infiltrating connective tissue.
- agenesis
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noun,
absence of or failed development of a body part.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- tresses
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- engross
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verb (used with object),
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb:
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- enrages
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- satoris
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- organo-
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- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- entero-
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- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- siestas
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- sterno-
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- stingos
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noun,
strong beer.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- agonist
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- easters
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- sarongs
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noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- gastro-
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- trasses
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noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- sarsens
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noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- signers
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noun,
a person who signs.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- integer
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noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- Sassoon
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noun,
Siegfried (Loraine) [seeg-freed law-reyn,, loh-] /ˈsig frid lɔˈreɪn,, loʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1886–1967, English poet and novelist.
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- stooges
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noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- egoists
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noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- gasters
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- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- gassers
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noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- stogies
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noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- greases
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noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- ingress
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noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- stereo-
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- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- gisants
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noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- stagers
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- senegas
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noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- essoins
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- grosses
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noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- trogons
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noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- senoras
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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.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- Ossetia
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noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- osseins
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- signees
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noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- Grisons
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noun,
a canton in E Switzerland. 2747 sq. mi. (7115 sq. km). Capital: Chur.
- signets
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- sensate
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adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- sorosis
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noun,
a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- orgeats
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noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- seasons
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noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- ingests
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verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ergates
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noun,
a worker ant.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Erigena
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noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- Erigone
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noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- seaters
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- greisen
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noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- signors
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- Igorots
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noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- stearo-
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- trigons
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noun,
a triangle.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Stassen
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noun,
Harold Edward, 1907–2001, U.S. politician and university president.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- seeings
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noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Onassis
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noun,
Aristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.
- Gentoos
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noun,
a Hindu.
- anstoss
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noun,
(in the philosophy of Fichte) any of the six successive steps by which the absolute ego attains self-knowledge.
- arseno-
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- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Sitsang
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noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- ratoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- gossans
-
noun,
a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- genoise
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- assents
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- onstage
-
adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- asserts
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- session
-
noun,
the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business:
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Sisters
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- serosas
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tigress
-
noun,
a female tiger.
- gessoes
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- resists
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- aristo-
-
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- antero-
-
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- genito-
-
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sangers
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Negress
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black woman or girl.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- genesis
-
noun,
an origin, creation, or beginning.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- singers
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- grasses
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- sanseis
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- assorts
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- assigns
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- Negroes
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- oregano
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, Origanum vulgare, of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- isogons
-
noun,
a polygon having all angles equal.
- ostosis
-
noun,
the formation of bone; ossification.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- rootage
-
noun,
the act of taking root.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- senses
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- gooses
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Greats
-
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- gnosis
-
noun,
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- serges
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Sestos
-
noun,
an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- gossan
-
noun,
a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Gorton
-
noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- grano-
-
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- gneiss
-
noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- gorses
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- grani-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- senors
-
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.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Oregon
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- Osages
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- orogen
-
noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- osteo-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- ogress
-
noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- nesses
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- inorg.
-
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- iatro-
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seises
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- 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.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- inter.
-
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosins
-
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.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- intra-
-
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- isogon
-
noun,
a polygon having all angles equal.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- sargos
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- 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.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- sasins
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Strega
-
- stress
-
noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tarso-
-
- tasses
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- assist
-
noun,
Sports.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- strass
-
noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- enter-
-
- stego-
-
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steno-
-
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- steres
-
- eosins
-
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.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- egress
-
noun,
the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.
- stooge
-
noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- egests
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- angio-
-
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- tosses
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- agron.
-
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- aniso-
-
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- aeron.
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- trogon
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- arsons
-
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.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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-
-
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- Gessen
-
noun,
Goshen (def 1).
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sorgos
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- gestes
-
noun,
gest.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gentoo
-
noun,
a Hindu.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- snoots
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snoose
-
noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- genit.
-
- gastr-
-
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- stasis
-
noun,
the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- eroto-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- sines
-
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.
- oste-
-
- sing.
-
- 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.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Regt.
-
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- reni-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- snogs
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- 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.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- sito-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- 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).
- Sino-
-
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- treas
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- seti-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- tonia
-
- tono-
-
- sero-
-
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- trig.
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- saris
-
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.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Stoss
-
noun,
Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/ (Show IPA), c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Soong
-
noun,
Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Sans.
-
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- ster.
-
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- stge.
-
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sanit
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- teno-
-
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- tera-
-
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tangs
-
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- sagos
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sones
-
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.
- tears
-
- 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.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- assn.
-
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- asst.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- astr.
-
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- ation
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- IATSE
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- asses
-
noun,
plural of ass1 .
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- noto-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- noso-
-
- noses
-
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.
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Estes
-
noun,
a male 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.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- naso-
-
- intr.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- gains
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Iran.
-
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- ergo-
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- nears
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- engr.
-
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- inst.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- 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.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- 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.
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- agro-
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- goons
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- onto-
-
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- orig.
-
- 30-30
-
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Oreg.
-
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aero-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gono-
-
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- angi-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- ante-
-
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- areo-
-
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- anti-
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- anis-
-
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Soni
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- 1080
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sig.
-
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- 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.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- 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.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tion
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- ano-
-
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arg.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- tri-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tron
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tRNA
-
- 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-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- aet.
-
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agit
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- agr.
-
- agst
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ter.
-
- Sra.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- stg.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ergs
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Ste.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- eso-
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- asis
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ASSR
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- ator
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- str.
-
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Reg.
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ISSN
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Ont.
-
- SASE
-
- Ire.
-
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- iso-
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- NTIA
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rit.
-
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RONA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- neo-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- 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).
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gres
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- osis
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
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).
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- org.
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- gras
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- oro-
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ign.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NIRA
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- inae
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- ins.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- oo-
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ASN
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Tro
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ASI
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ase
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- OSS
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ae.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tr.
-
- at.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- oon
-
- ROA
-
- 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.
- RNA
-
- TSI
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TSE
-
- OSO
-
- ast
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tra
-
- ag-
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- an.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Ar.
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ons
-
- ANG
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ONR
-
- aor
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- REA
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- OAO
-
- 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.
- OGO
-
- 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.
- Re.
-
- OAS
-
- Tng
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- OOT
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OTS
-
- ONI
-
- OTA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Agt
-
- ARS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ot-
-
- TGN
-
- TIA
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OSA
-
- ote
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- TSS
-
- ROG
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- IRO
-
- ETO
-
- Ir.
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Ga.
-
- IOT
-
- gi.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ior
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- 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 = .
- se-
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- IRS
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- SSR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SAR
-
- ISR
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSS
-
- SSN
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- ISA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- ESR
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- gre
-
- ose
-
- Gr.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Sgt
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ges
-
- ing
-
- Ia.
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- in.
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- GSA
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- GTS
-
- GTO
-
- gt.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- GSR
-
- ist
-
- ise
-
- ITA
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- NEA
-
- EEG
-
- EEO
-
- Rs.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eir
-
- RSA
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- ene
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- rte
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ROI
-
- NIA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- Eg.
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- eo-
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- NES
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- rt.
-
- ne-
-
- RTS
-
- EOE
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- STI
-
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ite
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NI
-
- NG
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- EI
-
- RO
-
- N.
-
- TN
-
- AO
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- GN
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
-
- O.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- G.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IG
-
- rg
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OG
-
- SN
-
- t.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- i.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- T1
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- TG
-